Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the JOSEPHINE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of JOSEPHINE, 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 JOSEPHINE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
15UCD541101754-CA-11-017JOSEPHINE2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.6609116,-122.6552658
22A83P025682CA017310Josephine7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.9315605,-120.7571335
22A40A2894S1959CA005004Josephine4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.3594437,-120.6647186
22A40A0245S1960CA005024Josephine4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.4430542,-120.7047195
22A40A2895S1960CA005029Josephine4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.4455566,-120.7208328
4BUCD541200454-CA-12-004xJOSEPHINE4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2772408,-123.7520523
4BUCD634901463-CA-49-014xJOSEPHINE3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.541687,-123.2422333
5UCD561101556-CA-11-015JOSEPHINE3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.5627403,-122.6382904
5UCD585202158-CA-52-021JOSEPHINE2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.920639,-122.6857529
5UCD724515572-CA-45-155xJOSEPHINE3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8107986,-122.6205902
540A2896S1966CA093001Josephine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9911118,-122.6736145
540A2897S1966CA093002Josephine3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9913902,-122.6719437
540A2898S1966CA093003Josephine1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9824982,-122.6619415
540A2899S1966CA093004Josephine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9702797,-122.6452789
540A2900S1966CA093005Josephine4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9833336,-122.4777756
569C0198S1969OR033001Josephine5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.2150002,-123.5416641
569C0199S1969OR033002JOSEPHINE6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.2038879,-123.5572205

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the JOSEPHINE 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the JOSEPHINE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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

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Geomorphic description summaries for the JOSEPHINE 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 .

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with JOSEPHINE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the JOSEPHINE 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

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 JOSEPHINE, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. OR-2012-05-10-14 | Jackson County Area - August 1993

    Typical pattern of soils in the Steinmetz-Lettia and Josephine-Beekman-Speaker general map units (Soil Survey of Jackson County Area, Oregon; August 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing JOSEPHINE 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
Josephine-Sheetiron gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesJsE1499458669hd8sca02119611:20000
Josephine-Maymen gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesJmE1251458668hd8rca02119611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJgE1179458666hd8pca02119611:20000
Los Gatos-Josephine gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesLxE532458690hd9gca02119611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, erodedJgE2258458667hd8qca02119611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 10 to 30 percent slopes, erodedJgD264458665hd8nca02119611:20000
Josephine loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJoFsn24816510wdn1ca05519741:24000
Hugo-Josephine complex, 50 to 75 percent slopesHnG33672459772hffcca09719681:20000
Josephine loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJoF23269459786hfftca09719681:20000
Josephine loam,50 to 75 percent slopesJoG16546459788hffwca09719681:20000
Josephine loam, 9 to 30 percent slopesJoE8743459785hffsca09719681:20000
Hugo-Josephine complex, 9 to 30 percent slopesHnE3418459771hffbca09719681:20000
Los Gatos-Josephine complex, 30 to 75 percent slopesLnG1974459817hfgtca09719681:20000
Hugo-Josephine complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes, erodedHnG21916459773hffdca09719681:20000
Josephine loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, erodedJoF21518459787hffvca09719681:20000
Josephine-Sites loams, 30 to 75 percent slopesJsG1156459789hffxca09719681:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 50 to 70 percent slopesJbF8474460020hfpcca60719671:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJbE3570460019hfpbca60719671:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, moderately deep, 30 to 50 percent slopesJdE2899460022hfpfca60719671:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 10 to 30 percent slopesJbD2420460018hfp9ca60719671:20000
Josephine-Sheetiron complex, 50 to 70 percent slopesJsF1461460023hfpgca60719671:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, moderately deep, 10 to 30 percent slopesJdD605460021hfpdca60719671:20000
Josephine-Mariposa complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, erodedJrE217346460223hfwxca61919701:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes, erodedJrF25973460224hfwyca61919701:24000
Josephine loam, 15 to 30 percent slopesJoD3289460220hfwtca61919701:24000
Josephine rock-Outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopesJsE3110460225hfwzca61919701:24000
Josephine loam, 9 to 15 percent slopesJoC1918460219hfwsca61919701:24000
Josephine loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJoE1803460221hfwvca61919701:24000
Josephine cobbly loam, 5 to 30 percent slopesJpD820460222hfwwca61919701:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes1649505460328hg09ca62019751:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes1658650460329hg0bca62019751:24000
Josephine loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes1592425460323hg04ca62019751:24000
Josephine-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes1611575460325hg06ca62019751:24000
Josephine loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes1601200460324hg05ca62019751:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes166645460330hg0cca62019751:24000
Josephine loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes158600460322hg03ca62019751:24000
Josephine loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes157330460321hg02ca62019751:24000
Mariposa-Josephine very rocky loams, 15 to 50 percent slopesMcE21127462256hj0hca62419681:20000
Josephine silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopesJtD12007462247hj06ca62419681:20000
Josephine very rocky silt loam, 9 to 50 percent slopesJuE10953462249hj08ca62419681:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, 15 to 50 percent slopesJsE10639462245hj04ca62419681:20000
Mariposa-Josephine very rocky loams, 50 to 70 percent slopesMcF5218462257hj0jca62419681:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopesJrD4351462244hj03ca62419681:20000
Josephine silt loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJtE3634462248hj07ca62419681:20000
Josephine very rocky silt loam, 50 to 70 percent slopesJuF2985462250hj09ca62419681:20000
Josephine silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopesJtC2505462246hj05ca62419681:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 9 to 15 percent slopesJrC1968462243hj02ca62419681:20000
Josephine-Mariposa gravelly loams, 15 to 30 percent slopesJvD1359462251hj0bca62419681:20000
Sites stony loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesSoE782462291hj1mca62419681:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, 16 to 51 percent slopesJoE7623462384hj4mca62819631:20000
Josephine-Mariposa complex, 16 to 51 percent slopesJxE3801462389hj4sca62819631:20000
Josephine-Maymen complex, 16 to 51 percent slopesJsE3266462388hj4rca62819631:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, deep, 16 to 51 percent slopesJpE2541462386hj4pca62819631:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, 51 to 71 percent slopesJoF1973462385hj4nca62819631:20000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 51 to 71 percent slopesJxF1362462390hj4tca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, 16 to 31 percent slopesJmD704462378hj4fca62819631:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, 3 to 16 percent slopesJoC573462383hj4lca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, deep, 31 to 51 percent slopesJnE546462382hj4kca62819631:20000
Josephine very rocky loam, deep, 51 to 71 percent slopesJpF307462387hj4qca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, deep, 16 to 31 percent slopesJnD267462381hj4jca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, deep, 9 to 16 percent slopesJnC244462380hj4hca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, 3 to 16 percent slopesJmC237462377hj4dca62819631:20000
Josephine loam, 31 to 51 percent slopesJmE155462379hj4gca62819631:20000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, very steepHyF14600456427h9ygca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, very steepHuF12330456420h9y7ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, very steep, erodedHyF26209456428h9yhca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, steep, erodedHyE21771456426h9yfca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, steepHuE1288456418h9y5ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, steepHyE873456425h9ydca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, moderately steep, erodedHyD2596456424h9ycca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, moderately steepHuD436456416h9y3ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, moderately steep, erodedHuD2347456417h9y4ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, steep, erodedHuE2289456419h9y6ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, very deep, slopingHvC280456422h9y9ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, slopingHuC167456415h9y2ca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, sloping, erodedHyC2114456423h9ybca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, very deep, moderately steepHzD96456430h9ykca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine sandy loams, very deep, slopingHzC79456429h9yjca63719581:15000
Hugo and Josephine loams, very deep, gently slopingHvB30456421h9y8ca63719581:15000
Josephine-Sheetiron gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesJsE11827460788hgh4ca64519611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJoE3436460784hgh0ca64519611:20000
Josephine-Sheetiron gravelly loams, 10 to 30 percent slopesJsD2143460787hgh3ca64519611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 10 to 30 percent slopesJoD814460783hggzca64519611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 50 to 65 percent slopes, erodedJoF2378460786hgh2ca64519611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, erodedJoE2176460785hgh1ca64519611:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 50 to 70 percent slopesJbFsh345186840020q6zca70719831:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopesJbEsh220186839820q6xca70719831:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, moderately deep, 30 to 50 percent slopesJdEsh34186840420q73ca70719831:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, 10 to 30 percent slopesJbDsh20186839620q6vca70719831:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, moderately deep, 10 to 30 percent slopesJdDsh12186840220q71ca70719831:24000
Josephine-Sheetiron gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent sl opesJsEte927478892q3rzca70920101:24000
Josephine-Mariposa families complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes.2183482471227htbwca71319841:24000
Josephine-Mariposa families complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes.2193011471228htbxca71319841:24000
Deadwood-Josephine families complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.1381855471147ht89ca71319841:24000
Deadwood-Josephine families complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes.1391794471148ht8bca71319841:24000
Aiken-Josephine families association, 2 to 50 percent slopes.104536471113ht76ca71319841:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes164pc10915859211q78rca71919821:24000
Mariposa-Josephine complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes165pc5215859241q78vca71919821:24000
Josephine-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes161pc4215859181q78nca71919821:24000
Josephine-Mariposa complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, erodedJrE2nc2715878781q99wca71919821:24000
Josephine-Mariposa families complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes.219pnf1815865501q7y1ca71919821:24000
Josephine cobbly loam, 5 to 30 percent slopesJpDnc1315878711q99nca71919821:24000
Dystric Lithic Xerochrepts-Rock outcrop-Josephine famil y moderately deep complex, 35 to 110 percent slopes10329873464979hlvbca73119811:24000
Josephine family, moderately deep-Deep complex, 5 to 35 slopes15925083465035hlx4ca73119811:24000
Josephine family, moderately deep-Dystric lithic xeroch repts association, 5 to 35 percent slopes15721883465033hlx2ca73119811:24000
Josephine family, deep-Moderately deep complex, 5 to 35 slopes15320689465029hlwyca73119811:24000
Josephine family, moderately deep-Dystric lithic xeroch repts association, 35 to 70 percent slopes15819701465034hlx3ca73119811:24000
Josephine-Sites families complex, moderately deep, 15 t o 35 percent slopes16114206464975hlv6ca73119811:24000
Fiddletown-Josephine, moderately deep-Deep families com plex, 35 to 70 percent slopes10813523464984hlvhca73119811:24000
Josephine family, moderately deep-Deep complex, 35 to 7 0 percent slopes16010203465036hlx5ca73119811:24000
Josephine-Sites families association, deep, 5 to 35 per cent slopes1557037465031hlx0ca73119811:24000
Josephine family, deep-Moderately deep complex, 35 to 5 0 percent slopes1546686465030hlwzca73119811:24000
Josephine-Sites families complex, moderately deep, 35 to 70 percent slopes1623012465037hlx6ca73119811:24000
Holland, deep-Josephine, moderately deep families compl ex, 10 to 35 percent slopes1331814465009hlw9ca73119811:24000
Holland, deep-Josephine, moderately deep families, comp lex, 35 t to 60 percent slopes1341341465010hlwbca73119811:24000
Josephine family, deep, 35 to 50 percent slopes1521237465028hlwxca73119811:24000
Josephine-Sites families association, deep 35 to 50 per cent slopes156795465032hlx1ca73119811:24000
Josephine family, deep, 5 to 35 percent slopes151584465027hlwwca73119811:24000
Pollard-Josephine-Shastacosta complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes197E22366515425sror01519951:24000
Speaker-Josephine-Beekman complex, 30 to 60 percent south slopes243F16416526625xcor01519951:24000
Josephine-Pollard-Speaker complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes157E6746506325ptor01519951:24000
Speaker-Josephine gravelly loams, 35 to 55 percent south slopes72F87105469520hrktor03319791:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 35 to 55 percent north slopes48F70638469483hrjmor03319791:20000
Josephine gravelly loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes47E16489469482hrjlor03319791:20000
Speaker-Josephine complex, 35 to 55 percent south slopes179F12609469660hrqbor63219891:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 35 to 55 percent north slopes92F5960469808hrw3or63219891:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 12 to 35 percent south slopes93E4235469809hrw4or63219891:20000
Josephine-Pollard complex, 12 to 35 percent south slopes91E3694469806hrw1or63219891:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 12 to 35 percent north slopes92E1237469807hrw2or63219891:20000
Josephine-Pollard complex, 12 to 35 percent north slopes90E1194469805hrw0or63219891:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 30 to 60 percent south slopes117F602576627626yyor64919941:24000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 30 to 60 percent north slopes116F115926627326yvor64919941:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes115E41476626726ynor64919941:24000
Speaker-Beekman-Josephine complex, 60 to 90 percent north slopes228G29646662427b5or64919941:24000
Josephine gravelly loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes115C26446626426ykor64919941:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the JOSEPHINE 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 .