Soil Data Explorer - JACKS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the JACKS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of JACKS, 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 JACKS 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
35	78P0036	77AZ005005	Jacks	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.4036102,-112.5883331

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the JACKS 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 JACKS 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 JACKS 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 JACKS 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with JACKS 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 JACKS 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 JACKS 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with JACKS, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. AZ-2011-05-27-04 | Beaver Creek Area - 1967

   Typical section of soils, upper part of Beaver Creek Area. Elevations range from 3,800 feet to 8,500 feet (Soil Survey of Beaver Creek Area, Arizona; 1967).

2. AZ-2011-05-27-23 | Long Valley Area - 1974

   Typical patterns of soil in area south of East Clear Creek (Soil Survey of Long Valley Area, Arizona; 1974).

3. AZ-2011-05-27-24 | Long Valley Area - 1974

   Typical pattern of soils in area north of East Clear Creek (Soil Survey of Long Valley Area, Arizona; 1974).

Map Units

Map units containing JACKS 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
Jacks very rocky loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	JaD	20361	52863	1s08	az637	1968	1:31680
Jacks very rocky loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	JaC	17195	52862	1s07	az637	1968	1:31680
Jacks fine sandy loam	Ja	1126	1545444	1nw51	az641	1965	1:31680
Jacks very rocky fine sandy loam	Jc	327	1545445	1nw52	az641	1965	1:31680
Jacks-Tortugas extremely rocky complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	JtE	8121	1527497	1n8h3	az643	1967	1:31680
Jacks-Tortugas extremely rocky complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes	JtD	7037	1527496	1n8h2	az643	1967	1:31680
Jacks fine sandy loam, 0 to 20 percent slopes	JaD	6070	1527495	1n8h1	az643	1967	1:31680
Jacks cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	45E	18134	53964	1t4s	az683	1974	1:24000
Jacks cobbly clay loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	47D	15420	53966	1t4v	az683	1974	1:24000
Roundtop-Jacks-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	75D	14485	53997	1t5v	az683	1974	1:24000
Jacks cobbly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	44D	13728	53963	1t4r	az683	1974	1:24000
Jacks very fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	42C	4995	53961	1t4p	az683	1974	1:24000
Jacks loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	43B	4063	53962	1t4q	az683	1974	1:24000
Jacks gravelly clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	46C	3057	53965	1t4t	az683	1974	1:24000
Hailstone family and Jacks family soils and Rock outcrop, 2 to 30 percent slopes	820	1192	2484195	2pd0b	az687		1:24000
Jacks stony clay loam, deep, 3 to 15 percent slopes	951	742	2483979	2pcsc	az687		1:24000
Jacks loam, deep, 3 to 8 percent slopes	950	652	2483978	2pcsb	az687		1:24000
Lithic Haplustepts-Jacks family-Pachic Haplustolls complex, 4 to 40 percent slopes	26	63552	2485185	2sdy4	az713	2011	1:24000
Jacks-Flutedrock-Manuelito complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	21	26846	2450799	2sdxq	az713	2011	1:24000
Typic Ustipsamments-Jacks family complex, 1 to 25 percent slopes	59	5033	2485011	2sdy3	az713	2011	1:24000
Jacks family-Jacks complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	20	4210	2495416	2sdym	az713	2011	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the JACKS 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).