Soil Data Explorer - KLUG

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KLUG soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KLUG, 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 KLUG 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KLUG, 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 KLUG 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
Bradshaw-Klug, very stony surface-Howcan, stony surface, complex, 5 to 55 percent slopes	127AT	11928	3239008	2ztdn	id703		1:24000
Klug-Zeebar complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	108-CL	2601	3173610	2sc1	id703		1:24000
Lag-Klug association, 50 to 70 percent slopes	112-CL	1069	3239016	2sc6	id703		1:24000
Klug gravelly loam, low precipitation, 5 to 20 percent slopes	104-CL	411	3239015	2sbx	id703		1:24000
Ketchum, very stony surface-Klug, very stony surface-Como, families, complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes	127CD		3320433	30mr7	id720		1:24000
Klug-Gaciba-Dacont complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes	105-CL		3320449	30mrg	id720		1:24000
Lag-Klug association, 50 to 70 percent slopes	112-CL		3320454	2sc6	id720		1:24000
Klug-Povey complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	106	22687	82986	2sbz	id752	1999	1:24000
Povey-Klug, cool complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	177	18460	83064	2sfh	id752	1999	1:24000
Klug-Gaciba-Dacont complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes	105	12095	82985	2sby	id752	1999	1:24000
Lag-Klug association, 50 to 70 percent slopes	112	9086	82993	2sc6	id752	1999	1:24000
Klug, low precipitation-Povey complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	107	7137	82987	2sc0	id752	1999	1:24000
Klug-Zeebar complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	108	5467	82988	2sc1	id752	1999	1:24000
Bradshaw-Klug, very stony surface-Howcan, stony surface, complex, 5 to 55 percent slopes	127AT	4259	3239056	2ztdn	id752	1999	1:24000
Klug gravelly loam, low precipitation, 5 to 20 percent slopes	104	744	82984	2sbx	id752	1999	1:24000
Ketchum, very stony surface-Klug, very stony surface-Como, families, complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes	127CD	399	3312440	30mr7	id752	1999	1:24000
Povey-Klug, cool complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	177	1061	2023633	25xrh	id758	1998	1:24000
Klug-Parvis complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	51	1693	79066	2n8j	id763	1998	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KLUG 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).