Soil Data Explorer - LUHON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the LUHON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of LUHON, 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 LUHON were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
34A	88P0097	87WY037005	Luhon	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.038887,-109.7483368
34A	80P0326	S1980WY007005	Luhon	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.9075012,-106.206665

Water Balance

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with LUHON, 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. CO-2012-05-09-09 | Rio Grande County Area - February 1980

   Pattern of soils and parent material in Luhon-Garita-Travelers association (Soil Survey of Rio Grande County Area, Colorado; February 1980).

Map Units

Map units containing LUHON 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
Luhon loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	29	7350	498597	jqts	co630	1975	1:24000
Luhon loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	28	6200	498596	jqtr	co630	1975	1:24000
Luhon loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	LuB	16097	498661	jqwv	co631	1972	1:24000
Luhon loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	LuC	6664	498662	jqww	co631	1972	1:24000
Luhon loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	43	17042	498476	jqpw	co633	1981	1:24000
Luhon loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	44	9299	498477	jqpx	co633	1981	1:24000
Guben-Luhon association, 0 to 20 percent slopes	146	15152	2453686	2nc85	co664	1987	1:24000
Luhon-Travelers, extremely stony complex, 1 to 9 percent slopes	LtC	77708	507830	k1fm	nm670	1976	1:24000
Stunner-Travelers, extremely stony-Luhon association, 2 to 8 percent slopes	SVC	53382	507888	k1hh	nm670	1976	1:24000
Stunner-Luhon association, 1 to 8 percent slopes	SUC	8019	507887	k1hg	nm670	1976	1:24000
Luhon-Travelers complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes	LtC	117	2770201	2v5ps	nm672		1:24000
Nicks-Luhon, very stony complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	XSE	2962	2504579	2q4km	ut629		1:24000
Luhon loam, moist, 3 to 15 percent slopes	83	3260	504481	jxyl	ut636	1984	1:24000
Luhon loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	80	3093	504478	jxyh	ut636	1984	1:24000
Luhon very cobbly sandy loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	84	1871	504482	jxym	ut636	1984	1:24000
Luhon loam, gravelly substratum, 1 to 2 percent slopes	81	325	504479	jxyj	ut636	1984	1:24000
Luhon loam, gravelly substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes	82	293	504480	jxyk	ut636	1984	1:24000
Luhon, dry-Hickey, dry-Heath complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	NS744	709	3254035	2zw6y	ut647		1:24000
Luhon, gravelly-Evanston complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	NS749	358	3254036	2zw6z	ut647		1:24000
Luhon loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	184	18799	501727	jv2r	wy601	1991	1:24000
Luhon-Rock River association, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- draft	314	16518	2378114	2ktmc	wy630		1:24000
Luhon-Edlin complex, 1 to 7 percent slopes -- draft	420	8533	2516192	2qg2d	wy630		1:24000
Luhon-Edlin-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes -- draft	421	2624	2516042	2qftb	wy630		1:24000
Luhon-Luhon subirrigated complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes -- draft	315	145	2378535	2kv1y	wy630		1:24000
Diamondville-Chaperton-Luhon complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	5415	2996	1475571	1ljg2	wy635		1:24000
Luhon-Evanston complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	149	19405	504001	jxg3	wy638	1990	1:24000
Brownsto-Luhon-McFadden complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	111	7814	503951	jxdh	wy638	1990	1:24000
Brownsto-Luhon complex, 10 to 35 percent slopes	110	6856	503949	jxdf	wy638	1990	1:24000
Rockinchair-Luhon-Rentsac complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	171	4662	504031	jxh2	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon channery loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	147	3002	503999	jxg1	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	146	2936	503998	jxg0	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon-Hickey-Heath complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	150	2224	504004	jxg6	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon-Rockinchair loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	151	2199	504005	jxg7	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	145	1477	503997	jxfz	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon-Brownsto complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	148	1451	504000	jxg2	wy638	1990	1:24000
Luhon-Rockinchair loams, 8 to 20 percent slopes	225	11884	733704	smgw	wy647		1:24000
Luhon-Rock River-Forelle complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	037	9522	157550	58y8	wy647		1:24000
Rockinchair-Luhon fine sandy loams, 3 to 12 percent slopes	084	4016	157705	5938	wy647		1:24000
Fiveoh gravelly sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	150	3678	157417	58sz	wy647		1:24000
Forelle-Luhon complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	147D	24	157952	59c7	wy656	2008	1:24000
Luhon-Rock River-Forelle complex, undulating	65	169	1901566	21tqv	wy677	1975	1:24000
Luhon-Rock River-Forelle complex, undulating	169	18580	503034	jwfx	wy713	1986	1:24000
Forelle-Luhon loams, 1 to 10 percent slopes	147	4936	503012	jwf6	wy713	1986	1:24000
Langspring, clayey substratum-Luhon complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes -- draft	7141	5150	2572421	2pgp9	wy737		1:24000
Luhon-Rock River complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- draft	7314	1328	2572425	2pr26	wy737		1:24000
Luhon loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes -- draft	555	353	2572289	jx2h	wy737		1:24000
Forelle-Luhon complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes -- draft	514	279	2572283	jx1p	wy737		1:24000
Luhon channery loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes -- draft	592	21	2572385	2pbjz	wy737		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LUHON 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).