Soil Data Explorer - MACAR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MACAR, 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 MACAR 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
Doney-Macar-Cabba loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes	832E	14173	343701	cjn4	mt017	1995	1:24000
Macar-Doney-Cabba loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	982D	10886	343824	cjs3	mt017	1995	1:24000
Macar-Lisk-Cohagen complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	983E	6829	343825	cjs4	mt017	1995	1:24000
Macar loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	98C	6393	343827	cjs6	mt017	1995	1:24000
Macar-Doney loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	981C	5608	343823	cjs2	mt017	1995	1:24000
Macar loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	98A	243	343826	cjs5	mt017	1995	1:24000
Doney-Cabba-Macar complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	639D	69	2694653	21nnk	mt027	1979	1:24000
Doney-Macar complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	636C	46	3176882	21m2s	mt027	1979	1:24000
Cabba-Macar loams, 15 to 60 percent slopes	205F	450	343872	cjtn	mt041	1994	1:24000
Macar-Cambert loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	112	14415	344308	ck8q	mt055	1981	1:24000
Macar loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	108	10061	344303	ck8k	mt055	1981	1:24000
Macar loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	107	9259	344302	ck8j	mt055	1981	1:24000
Macar-Cabba loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	111	1511	344307	ck8p	mt055	1981	1:24000
Macar loam, saline, 0 to 4 percent slopes	110	1259	344306	ck8n	mt055	1981	1:24000
Macar loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	109	699	344304	ck8l	mt055	1981	1:24000
Doney-Cabba-Macar loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	281D	17193	344540	ckj6	mt065	1996	1:24000
Macar loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	230C	5853	344508	ckh5	mt065	1996	1:24000
Macar loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	92	72	345048	cl1l	mt079	1986	1:24000
Macar loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	96C	635	345308	cl9z	mt101	1992	1:24000
Macar loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	96D	599	345309	clb0	mt101	1992	1:24000
Macar clay loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	961B	295	345306	cl9x	mt101	1992	1:24000
Doney-Cabba-Macar loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	281D	904	1913570	ckj6	mt111	1966	1:20000
Macar loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	230C	27	1913563	ckh5	mt111	1966	1:20000
Havrelon, rarely flooded-Macar complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	609B	3	2694671	21m2w	mt602	1963	1:20000
Macar loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	Ma	689	346069	cm3j	mt607	1970	1:24000
Macar-Cabba clay loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	Mb	44422	347097	cn5p	mt611	1971	1:24000
Macar-Cabba clay loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes	Ma	4916	347096	cn5n	mt611	1971	1:24000
Cabba-Macar loams, 15 to 60 percent slopes	965F	11013	347001	cn2l	mt615	1992	1:24000
Macar loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	96C	2623	347004	cn2p	mt615	1992	1:24000
Macar loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	96B	1984	347003	cn2n	mt615	1992	1:24000
Doney-Cabba-Macar complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	639D	5442	1896690	21nnk	mt624	2021	1:24000
Doney-Macar complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	636C	4583	1895178	21m2s	mt624	2021	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 4 to 8 percent slopes	641C	4417	1896654	21nmd	mt624	2021	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 0 to 4 percent slopes	641B	2619	1902092	21v8t	mt624	2021	1:24000
Havrelon, rarely flooded-Macar complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	609B	1568	1895181	21m2w	mt624	2021	1:24000
Macar loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	634C	1536	1895229	21m4f	mt624	2021	1:24000
Macar loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	634B	413	1896770	21nr4	mt624	2021	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 4 to 8 percent slopes	641C	204	2604460	21nmd	mt632		1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 4 to 8 percent slopes	641C	65	2517339	21nmd	mt637	2014	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 0 to 4 percent slopes	215B	35	1858530	20cyl	mt637	2014	1:24000
Doney-Macar loams, 4 to 25 percent slopes	406E	2029	149967	511n	mt639	2000	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 4 to 8 percent slopes	215C	1942	149765	50v4	mt639	2000	1:24000
Macar loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	215D	810	149766	50v5	mt639	2000	1:24000
Macar loam, calcareous surface, 0 to 4 percent slopes	215B	641	149764	50v3	mt639	2000	1:24000
Macar-Doney-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	135	13303	347959	cp2h	mt649	1985	1:24000
Doney-Macar-Cabba complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	354D	6823	156910	588m	mt669		1:24000
Macar silty clay loams, 1 to 8 percent slopes	6A	839	156800	5852	mt669		1:24000
Breeton-Macar complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	9439		3250433	2zv5n	wy629		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MACAR 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).