Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MEAGHER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MEAGHER, 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 MEAGHER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
4405N0403S2004MT059020Meagher8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.5558052,-111.1487808
4606N1017S2006MT107009Meagher6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.689724,-109.8780594

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the MEAGHER 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).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MEAGHER 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).

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Geomorphic description summaries for the MEAGHER 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MEAGHER 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).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MEAGHER 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).

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Geomorphic description summaries for the MEAGHER 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).

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MEAGHER, 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 MEAGHER 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
Anceney-Trimad-Meagher complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes755F4924155711570ymt62219971:24000
Meagher-Shawmut-Bowery complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes752E2031155709570wmt62219971:24000
Meagher loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes57C118415560256xfmt62219971:24000
Meagher cobbly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes257C43915535156nbmt62219971:24000
Meagher cobbly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes257B35415535056n9mt62219971:24000
Meagher loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes57D14215560356xgmt62219971:24000
Meagher, very bouldery-Shawmut, stony complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes701E311424870632pgzvmt62420211:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slope662C758190210021v92mt62420211:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, foothills662B746190209421v8wmt62420211:24000
Shawmut, very stony-Meagher, stony-Wimper complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes705D70124870752ph07mt62420211:24000
Absarook, stony-Meagher, extremely bouldery-Bacbuster, very bouldery complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes450D672485203wckrmt62420211:24000
Bacbuster-Meagher-Castner complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes166D92485125v6jtmt62420211:24000
Absarook, stony-Meagher, extremely bouldery-Bacbuster, very bouldery complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes450D10902486258wckrmt6321:24000
Bacbuster-Meagher-Castner complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes166D7282392782v6jtmt6321:24000
Martinsdale-Meagher complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes554B20423928242l9xwmt6321:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes254C14724862492pg4lmt6321:24000
Meagher cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony, foothills154C7526182332pqkfmt6321:24000
Meagher loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes354B7223928062l9x9mt6321:24000
Anceney-Trimad-Meagher complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes166301465654xhxmt63619831:24000
Meagher cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony954C73431480854z2ymt63720141:24000
Meagher loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes354B69211480234z0ymt63720141:24000
Absarook, stony-Meagher, extremely bouldery-Bacbuster, very bouldery complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes450D6174815478wckrmt63720141:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes254C60441480084z0gmt63720141:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes254B54131480074z0fmt63720141:24000
Martinsdale-Meagher complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes554B42331480484z1rmt63720141:24000
Meagher cobbly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony, foothills154C387424963812pqkfmt63720141:24000
Meagher, extremely stony-Absarook, very stony-complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes240D3174814055wb2vmt63720141:24000
Martinsdale-Meagher complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes, foothills54C258325173602q9zxmt63720141:24000
Bacbuster-Meagher-Castner complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes166D2464780853v6jtmt63720141:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, foothills662B2454251735321v8wmt63720141:24000
Shanley, bouldery-Chivington-Meagher complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes999F204616132241r4phmt63720141:24000
Martinsdale-Meagher complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes554C50115294921nbkgmt63720141:24000
Meagher-Perma complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes187E61924226292m9ybmt63819851:24000
Meagher-Subwell complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes101D5424226032m9xhmt63819851:24000
Meagher gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes308C32514987550ypmt63920001:24000
Meagher-Losttrail complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes101C99515851359ybmt64520131:12000
Meagher-Wimper complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes101D69615851259y9mt64520131:12000
Meagher-Wimper complex, wet, 4 to 15 percent slopes125D423633587p899mt64520131:12000
Meagher-Perma complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes187D39613895691hmytmt64520131:12000
Meagher-Perma complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes187E23213895681hmysmt64520131:12000
Meagher-Wimper complex, wet, 15 to 25 percent slopes125E21815853459z0mt64520131:12000
Meagher, stony-Shawmut, very stony-Windham, stony complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes2421E5796696143rcd7mt6691:24000
Winspect, extremely bouldery-Meagher, extremely bouldery-Sawicki, extremely bouldery-Bacbuster, stony complex, cool, 15 to 45 percent slopes5620E3971699329rgq0mt6691:24000
Corbly, very stony-Beaverton-Meagher complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes3525E3178699422rgt0mt6691:24000
Absarook, very stony-Whitlash, extremely cobbly-Meagher, very stony complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes7503E244215648457twmt6691:24000
Shawmut-Meagher complex, extremely bouldery, 8 to 35 percent slopes365D2111156912588pmt6691:24000
Meagher-Shawmut complex, stony, 4 to 25 percent slopes766E193415696258b9mt6691:24000
Shawmut-Beaverton, extremely stony-Meagher complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes65C14621568365867mt6691:24000
Wimper-Meagher-Windham extremely bouldery complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes5635E1416699331rgq2mt6691:24000
Meagher-Cabba-Pachel complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes5531E1244699419rgsxmt6691:24000
Meagher-Shawmut complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes2205C855711055rvx8mt6691:24000
Meagher, stony - Braziel,extremely bouldery -Tolbert,very stony Complex 35 to 70 percent slopes6701F5371567425836mt6691:24000
Meagher-Hilger complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes2032145914802201lp91wy0411:24000
Meagher-Beeno-Hilger complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes204813114802191lp90wy0411:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MEAGHER 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).