Soil Data Explorer - LEADVILLE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the LEADVILLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of LEADVILLE, 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 LEADVILLE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
48A	91P1043	91CO037005	Leadville	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5283318,-106.4197235
48A	91P1067	91CO055005	Leadville	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3516655,-105.0550003
48A	92P0286	91CO117003	Leadville	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4238892,-105.9733353
48A	00P0136	99CO628005	Leadville	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1739444,-105.0775278

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with LEADVILLE 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 LEADVILLE 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 LEADVILLE 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 LEADVILLE, 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. AL-2012-04-24-07 | Fayette County - November 1965

   Block diagram showing typical topography and the major soils in the Montevallo-Enders-Townley association (Soil Survey of Fayette County, Alabama; November 1965).

Map Units

Map units containing LEADVILLE 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
Leadville-Howlett complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes, stony	LH	1262	1600604	1qqkd	co023	2009	1:24000
Scandard-Leadville-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, stony	SL	287	1600603	1qqkc	co023	2009	1:24000
Leadville fine sandy loam, 25 to 55 percent slopes	30	13672	496466	jnm1	co627	1980	1:24000
Leadville family, 20 to 45 percent slopes, very stony	106	1521	496583	jnqt	co627	1980	1:24000
Leadville-Uinta families association, 10 to 40 percent slopes	109	1016	496582	jnqs	co627	1980	1:24000
Scandard-Leadville-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, stony	SL	20839	472856	hw1f	co628	2008	1:24000
Leadville-Howlett complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes, stony	LH	16420	472833	hw0p	co628	2008	1:24000
Leadville cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes	Ld	1166	472832	hw0n	co628	2008	1:24000
Leighcan-Leadville families association, 45 to 75 percent slopes, extremely stony	650S	25629	500977	jt9k	co634		1:24000
Leadville family, 20 to 45 percent slopes, very stony	825G	7153	500991	jtb0	co634		1:24000
Leadville family, dry, 40 to 70 percent slopes	430S	6256	500952	jt8r	co634		1:24000
Leadville family, 35 to 60 percent slopes	405S	5631	500948	jt8m	co634		1:24000
Leadville-Leighcan families complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes, very bouldery	820G	4810	500990	jt9z	co634		1:24000
Leadville family, 5 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	811B	4413	500984	jt9s	co634		1:24000
Leadville, rubbly-Uinta families association, 10 to 40 percent slopes	810G	3655	500983	jt9r	co634		1:24000
Leadville very cobbly sandy loam, warm, 8 to 20 percent slopes	18	4840	498381	jqlt	co635	1979	1:24000
Ula-Leadville complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	44	1240	498410	jqmr	co635	1979	1:24000
Leadville stony loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	44	756	497869	jq29	co649	1977	1:24000
Leadville sandy loam, 3 to 35 percent slopes	LeE	6760	498066	jq8n	co658	1968	1:20000
Leadville very stony sandy loam, 15 to 55 percent slopes	43	7521	58304	1yns	co669	1982	1:24000
Leadville gravelly loam, 15 to 55 percent slopes	11F	1810	497283	jpgd	co690	1974	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LEADVILLE 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).