Soil Data Explorer - MALABAR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MALABAR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MALABAR, 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 MALABAR 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
155	S05_015	1967-FL009-S05_015	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	28.3639393,-80.7961502
155	S64_023	1975-FL127-S64_023	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	28.8302898,-81.049736
155	S56_029	1977-FL111-S56_029	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.3807411,-80.3634338
155	S08_004	1978-FL015-S08_004	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	26.927887,-81.9504852
155	S26_015	1983-FL051-S26_015	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	26.6343327,-81.5183563
155	S14_010	1984-FL027-S14_010	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.131258,-81.5874252
155	S28_011	1984-FL055-S28_011	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.189003,-81.180954
155	S22_002	1988-FL043-S22_002	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.0641251,-81.0374527
155	S26_009	S1982FL051009	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	26.5609436,-81.3686295
156B	S56_017	1975-FL111-S56_017	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.4905224,-80.6057816
156B	S43_021	S1977FL085021	Malabar	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	27.1482754,-80.4574432

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MALABAR 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 MALABAR 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 MALABAR 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 MALABAR 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MALABAR 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 MALABAR 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 MALABAR 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 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MALABAR, 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 MALABAR 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
Malabar, Holopaw, and Pineda soils	31	11545	1473317	1lg3c	fl009	1990	1:24000
Malabar sand, high	29	6699	1473315	1lg39	fl009	1990	1:24000
Malabar sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	30	5689	1473316	2sm5k	fl009	1990	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	63	25479	1453473	2svz4	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	34	10579	1453450	2svz3	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	44	2631	1453460	2svz5	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	119	2369	3045853	2x9cd	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, high-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	121	996	3045855	2x9cf	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, ponded-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	120	57	3045854	2x9cg	fl015	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	62	1995	321097	2svz3	fl017	1985	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	21	21560	1386915	2svz3	fl027	1986	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	22	9540	1386916	2svz4	fl027	1986	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	23	3900	1386917	2svz5	fl027	1986	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	16	7700	1529418	2svz3	fl035	1991	1:15840
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	6	19770	1453565	2svz3	fl043	1991	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	36	13940	1453589	2svz4	fl043	1991	1:24000
Malabar sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	8	18690	1151410	2sm5k	fl051	1986	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	51	7720	1151440	2svz4	fl051	1986	1:24000
Malabar sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	61	1820	1151447	2svz6	fl051	1986	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	17	7699	1413517	2svz3	fl055	1982	1:24000
Malabar sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	37	1652	1413536	2svz6	fl055	1982	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	27	30665	1406977	2svz3	fl057	1986	1:20000
Malabar fine sand	39	3986	756760	tdgm	fl061	1984	1:20000
Malabar fine sand-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	119	12456	3102873	2x9cd	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	34	11652	1483428	2svz3	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, high-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	121	4074	3102875	2x9cf	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	44	3059	1483439	2svz5	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	63	2802	1483454	2svz4	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, ponded-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	120	1757	3102874	2x9cg	fl071	1982	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, high, 0 to 2 percent slopes	52	13576	1421598	2svz4	fl085	1979	1:20000
Malabar fine sand	23	20658	323136	bv7r	fl095	1986	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	19	27596	1483859	2svz3	fl097	1976	1:20000
Malabar-Pineda complex	21	6250	1483861	1lt2h	fl097	1976	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes	20	4898	3102926	2svz5	fl097	1976	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	10	11769	1425002	2svz3	fl105	1987	1:20000
Malabar fine sand	35	3340	323400	bvj8	fl107	1985	1:15840
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	23	6889	1421180	2svz3	fl111	1990	1:24000
Malabar fine sand-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	65	1532	3103022	2x9cd	fl115	1988	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	25	1243	1460099	2svz3	fl115	1988	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	18	1526	1478702	2svz3	fl117	1986	1:20000
Malabar fine sand, frequently flooded	48	2090	323656	bvsj	fl119	1985	1:24000
Malabar fine sand	31	13090	1544133	1ntsr	fl127	1977	1:20000
Malabar fine sand-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	120	8763	3102976	2x9cd	fl621	1989	1:24000
Malabar fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	3	8757	1413456	2svz3	fl621	1989	1:24000
Ft. Drum-Malabar, high association, 0 to 2 percent slopes	20	5109	3045926	2x9fw	fl621	1989	1:24000
Ft. Drum-Malabar, high, fine sands-Urban land association, 0 to 2 percent slopes	109	1551	3045891	2x9fm	fl621	1989	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MALABAR 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).