Soil Data Explorer - INDIAN CREEK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the INDIAN CREEK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of INDIAN CREEK, 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 INDIAN CREEK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
26	40A3151	S1960NV005001	INDIAN CREEK	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8430557,-119.683609
26	40A3152	S1960NV005002	INDIAN CREEK	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8430557,-119.6813889

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the INDIAN CREEK 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 INDIAN CREEK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the INDIAN CREEK 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 INDIAN CREEK 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 INDIAN CREEK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the INDIAN CREEK 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 INDIAN CREEK 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 hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with INDIAN CREEK, 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 INDIAN CREEK 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
Indian Creek-Buffaran association	442	411	1034742	13qqs	ca685	2006	1:24000
Indian Creek very gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	482	400	2424774	2md5j	ca686	2010	1:24000
Indian Creek-Haybourne association	485	60	1609162	1r0gg	ca686	2010	1:24000
Indian Creek family, 1 to 5 percent slopes.	184	20068	470499	hsld	ca703	1983	1:24000
Indian Creek-Puls-Barnard families complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes.	185	14720	470500	hslf	ca703	1983	1:24000
Indian Creek very gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	620	175	1015016	1326g	ca729	2006	1:24000
Indian Creek-Haybourne association	910	16	1529510	1nbl1	ca729	2006	1:24000
Indian Creek-Reno-Washoe association	176	8108	474236	hxgy	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek extremely stony sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	174	6363	474234	hxgw	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek very cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	175	2658	474235	2w378	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	172	1466	474232	hxgt	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	171	1339	474231	hxgs	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	173	1044	474233	hxgv	nv628	1980	1:24000
Indian Creek very cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	92	67	2462802	2w378	nv629	1975	1:24000
Indian Creek-Buffaran association	1110	3810	474484	hxqy	nv759	1995	1:24000
Devada-Indian Creek association	1171	2620	474507	hxrp	nv759	1995	1:24000
Zymans-Indian Creek association	1285	2400	474552	hxt4	nv759	1995	1:24000
Macyflet-Indian Creek association	1012	390	474457	hxq2	nv759	1995	1:24000
Indian Creek-Haybourne association	485	8840	644090	pm73	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek very gravelly fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes	6326	4580	644495	pmn5	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek very gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	6333	4540	644496	pmn6	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek gravelly fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes	482	4061	644088	pm71	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek very cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	483	1671	644089	2w378	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	6328	1220	644087	pm70	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek-Reno-Cassiro association	486	682	644091	pm74	nv773	1981	1:24000
Indian Creek very gravelly loamy coarse sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	6990	600	644586	pmr3	nv773	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the INDIAN CREEK 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).