Soil Data Explorer - LOSTWELLS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

Water Balance

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with LOSTWELLS 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 LOSTWELLS 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 LOSTWELLS 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 LOSTWELLS, 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. WY-2012-03-23-01 | Fremont County, East Part and Dubois Area - July 1993

   Soils and their landscape positions as they relate to parent material, precipitation zones, and temperature regimes (Soil Survey of Fremont County, East Part and Dubois Area, WY; 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing LOSTWELLS 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
Youngston-Uffens-Lostwells complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	84	60232	152133	539j	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells-Youngston complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	42	22101	152087	5381	wy043	1976	1:24000
Clifterson-Persayo association	14	19357	152057	5372	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	40	14477	152085	537z	wy043	1976	1:24000
Youngston-Glenton complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	83	11242	152132	539h	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells-Youngston complex, wet, 0 to 6 percent slopes	43	5106	152088	5382	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	41	3927	152086	5380	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	LoA	24526	157368	58rd	wy613	1969	1:20000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, saline, 0 to 6 percent slopes	LtB	7966	157372	58rj	wy613	1969	1:20000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	LoB	5744	157369	58rf	wy613	1969	1:20000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, alkali, 0 to 6 percent slopes	LsB	871	157371	58rh	wy613	1969	1:20000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	LoC	400	157370	58rg	wy613	1969	1:20000
Youngston-Lostwells complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	006	15108	157428	58tb	wy647		1:24000
Apron-Lostwells complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	011	5530	157423	58t5	wy647		1:24000
Youngston-Lostwells-Apron complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	199	449	580427	mgzg	wy647		1:24000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	LoA	13	1887099	21bp5	wy647		1:24000
Lostwells sandy clay loam, saline, 0 to 6 percent slopes	LtB	1	1858086	20ch8	wy647		1:24000
Youngston-Lostwells complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	226	13794	503107	jwj8	wy713	1986	1:24000
Apron-Lostwells complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	108	11704	502971	jwcw	wy713	1986	1:24000
Youngston-Lostwells-Apron complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	225	9402	503105	jwj6	wy713	1986	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LOSTWELLS 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).