Soil Data Explorer - HILGER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HILGER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HILGER, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to HILGER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HILGER soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the HILGER series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the HILGER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the HILGER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with HILGER share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the HILGER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the HILGER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HILGER, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing HILGER as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Hilger stony loam, 4 to 25 percent slopes	252E	582	344526	ckhr	mt065	1996	1:24000
Hilger-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	252D	385	344525	ckhq	mt065	1996	1:24000
Hilger extremely stony loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes	HgE	8611	147510	4yhd	mt609	1971	1:24000
Cheadle-Hilger complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes	42	61426	341926	cgsw	mt613	1975	1:24000
Hilger very stony loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	100	31158	341758	cgmg	mt613	1975	1:24000
Hilger-Castner complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	101	25105	341759	cgmh	mt613	1975	1:24000
Hilger very stony loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	99	12608	341988	cgvw	mt613	1975	1:24000
Hilger, very stony-Hilger, rubbly-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	1564E	1386	150631	51r2	mt627	1998	1:24000
Martinsdale, stony-Martinsdale-Hilger complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	731C	825	151308	52fx	mt627	1998	1:24000
Hilger, rubbly-Hilger complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	1563D	529	150630	51r1	mt627	1998	1:24000
Hilger-Farnuf stony loams, 8 to 35 percent slopes	567D	12143	147858	4yvm	mt630	1991	1:24000
Farnuf-Hilger stony loams, cool, 4 to 25 percent slopes	499D	5985	147831	4ytr	mt630	1991	1:24000
Mocmont-Tolex-Hilger very stony loams, 15 to 45 percent slopes	384E	3344	147801	4yss	mt630	1991	1:24000
Hilger-Regent-Castner stony loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes	961E	2885	147942	4yyb	mt630	1991	1:24000
Hilger stony loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	567B	1690	147857	4yvl	mt630	1991	1:24000
Hilger extremely stony loam, 8 to 45 percent slopes	100E	571	147682	4yny	mt630	1991	1:24000
Hilger, very stony-Hilger, rubbly-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	1564E	201	1703060	1v55f	mt635	2006	1:24000
Hilger-Wimper-Azaar complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	219D	264	2438034	2mtz8	mt638	1985	1:24000
Hilger-Castner-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	28	51670	348158	cp8x	mt655	1975	1:24000
Winkler-Hilger-Rock outcrop association, steep	64	20569	348198	cpb6	mt655	1975	1:24000
Hilger-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	252D	812	1531651	1ndt3	mt666	2008	1:24000
Hilger stony loam, 4 to 25 percent slopes	252E	757	1531653	1ndt5	mt666	2008	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 6 to 40 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528E	725	2375754	2wcb7	sd081	2007	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 0 to 6 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528B	199	2375753	2wcb6	sd081	2007	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 6 to 40 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528E	194	2513969	2wcb7	sd600	1974	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 0 to 6 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528B	65	2513967	2wcb6	sd600	1974	1:24000
Hilger, cobbly-Bullflat complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	Q0629E	10053	2586592	2wcb5	sd607	2011	1:24000
Bullflat-Hilger, cobbly complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	Q0629B	4959	2586524	2wcb4	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger, cobbly-Metre, cool complex, 3 to 40 percent slopes	Q0630E	3467	2586425	2wcb8	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, warm, 0 to 6 percent slopes	P166B	615	2745660	2qt32	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger, warm-Metre complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	P168E	564	2745663	2qt34	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, warm, 6 to 40 percent slopes	P166E	478	2745661	2qt33	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger, warm-Urban land complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	P170B	285	2745664	2qt35	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 0 to 6 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528B	106	2586571	2wcb6	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, moist, 6 to 40 percent slopes, cobbly	Q0528E	77	2586501	2wcb7	sd607	2011	1:24000
Hilger cobbly loam, warm, moist, 6 to 40 percent slopes	P167E	36	2745662	2s03f	sd607	2011	1:24000
Meagher-Hilger complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	203	21459	1480220	1lp91	wy041		1:24000
Meagher-Beeno-Hilger complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	204	8131	1480219	1lp90	wy041		1:24000
Pachel-like, stony-Hilger, stony-Zillion, very stony complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	2420		3209066	2zdqz	wy629		1:24000
Pachel-like, stony-Hilger, stony-Zillion, very stony complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	2420		3253343	2zdqz	wy656	2008	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HILGER soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).