Soil Data Explorer - KECKO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

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

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
n/a	90P0020	89ID063010	Kecko	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KECKO 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 KECKO 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 KECKO 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 KECKO 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 mountains figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KECKO 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 KECKO 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 KECKO 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 mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KECKO, 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. ID-2010-08-31-13 | Wood River Area, Gooding County and Parts of Blaine, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties - 2005

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in general soil map unit 10 (Soil Survey of Wood River Area, Idaho; 2005).

Map Units

Map units containing KECKO 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
Vining-Kecko-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	206	74448	81944	2r8c	id681	1993	1:24000
Jestrick-Kecko-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	92	24950	82147	2rgx	id681	1993	1:24000
Vining-Kecko-Starbuck complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	207	15360	81945	2r8d	id681	1993	1:24000
Quincy-Kecko complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	155	2095	81887	2r6j	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	97	1810	82152	2rh2	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	96	1765	82151	2rh1	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko-Snowmore complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	100	1520	81826	2r4k	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko-Vining-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	101	1515	81827	2r4l	id681	1993	1:24000
Jestrick-Starbuck-Kecko complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	93	970	82148	2rgy	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko loamy fine sand, 1 to 4 percent slopes	94	945	82149	2rgz	id681	1993	1:24000
Jestrick-Kecko complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	91	890	82146	2rgw	id681	1993	1:24000
Ackelton-Kecko complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes	4	700	82008	2rbf	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko loamy fine sand, 4 to 8 percent slopes	95	670	82150	2rh0	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	98	415	82153	2rh3	id681	1993	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, hardpan substratum, 2 to 4 percent slopes	99	400	82154	2rh4	id681	1993	1:24000
Taunton-Kecko complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	190	355	81926	2r7s	id681	1993	1:24000
Vining-Kecko-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	46	16284	80103	2pbz	id702	1999	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	17	2813	80074	2pb1	id702	1999	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	58	8788	80264	2pj5	id704	1992	1:24000
Kecko-Emberton complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	60	5429	80267	2pj8	id704	1992	1:24000
Quincy-Kecko complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	97	4142	80307	2pkk	id704	1992	1:24000
Jestrick-Kecko complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	56	3529	80262	2pj3	id704	1992	1:24000
Kecko fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	59	1192	80265	2pj6	id704	1992	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes	25	5625	82599	2ryh	id709	1976	1:24000
Kecko-Clems-Vining association, undulating	24	3085	82598	2ryg	id709	1976	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes	27	1483	82601	2ryk	id709	1976	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes	26	838	82600	2ryj	id709	1976	1:24000
Vining-Kecko-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	118	591	692148	r77c	id709	1976	1:24000
Vining-Kecko-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	82	3843	1532676	1nfw5	id780	1998	1:24000
Kecko loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	2915	4233	2486064	2pfym	or645		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KECKO 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).