Soil Data Explorer - ORPHA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ORPHA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ORPHA, 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA 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 ORPHA, 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 ORPHA 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
Orpha-Niobrara loamy fine sands, 9 to 30 percent slopes	4717	4290	100422	3chf	ne031	1995	1:24000
Orpha-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	4718	4228	100423	3chg	ne031	1995	1:24000
Orpha loamy fine sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes	4713	1337	100421	3chd	ne031	1995	1:24000
Orpha-Niobrara complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	4716	106	2217559	2dfk5	ne045	1973	1:20000
Orpha loamy fine sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes	4713	12	2217558	2dfk4	ne045	1973	1:20000
Orpha-Niobrara complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	4716	18856	100626	3cq0	ne161	1992	1:20000
Orpha-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	4718	13076	100627	3cq1	ne161	1992	1:20000
Orpha loamy fine sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes	4713	2875	100625	3cpz	ne161	1992	1:20000
Orpha-Niobrara loamy fine sands, 9 to 30 percent slopes	4717	778	2219851	2dhy3	ne161	1992	1:20000
Orpha loamy sand, moist, 6 to 10 percent slopes	P304C	54	2745939	2rvg0	wy011	1978	1:24000
Dailey-Orpha, moist, loamy sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	119	10637	349551	cqqv	wy027	1993	1:24000
Orpha, moist-Dailey loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopes	168	8209	349649	cqv0	wy027	1993	1:24000
Orpha-Dwyer fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	169	3573	349651	cqv2	wy027	1993	1:24000
Orpha-Dwyer-Taluce complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	170	3418	349653	cqv4	wy027	1993	1:24000
Orpha fine sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes	194	4174	104550	3hsl	wy031	1998	1:24000
Orpha-Tullock loamy fine sands, 6 to 20 percent slopes	195	2389	104551	3hsm	wy031	1998	1:24000
Embry-Orpha complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	133	413	361687	d4cb	wy045	1984	1:24000
Orpha-Dwyer fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	160	134	1614845	1r6cs	wy045	1984	1:24000
Embry-Orpha complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	139	6322	349824	cr0n	wy605	1995	1:24000
Orpha-Tullock loamy sands, 6 to 30 percent slopes	188	3288	349884	cr2l	wy605	1995	1:24000
Dwyer-Orpha loamy sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes	141	38633	1669680	2xtvn	wy609	2006	1:24000
Clarkelen, rarely flooded-Dwyer-Orpha complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	128	2791	1669670	2ztzp	wy609	2006	1:24000
Clarkelen, wet-Dwyer-Orpha association, 0 to 10 percent slopes	124	795	1669824	1t1l9	wy609	2006	1:24000
Orpha-Tullock-Badland complex, 6 to 45 percent slopes	204	595	1669716	1t1gt	wy609	2006	1:24000
Dune land-Orpha complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	140	360	1669679	1t1fm	wy609	2006	1:24000
Kishona-Dwyer-Orpha association, 0 to 10 percent slopes	190	27	1669707	1t1gj	wy609	2006	1:24000
Terro-Tullock-Orpha complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	248	11	1669784	1t1k0	wy609	2006	1:24000
Orpha fine sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes	203	9	1669817	1t1l2	wy609	2006	1:24000
Terro-Tullock-Orpha complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	247	5	1669744	1t1hq	wy609	2006	1:24000
Orpha loamy sand, 10 to 30 percent slopes	229	13	816846	2v08v	wy619	1971	1:24000
Orpha loamy sand, 10 to 30 percent slopes	229	86574	502348	2v08v	wy625	1985	1:24000
Orpha-Tullock-Badland complex, 6 to 45 percent slopes	230	6361	502350	jvqv	wy625	1985	1:24000
Dwyer-Orpha loamy sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes	318	4994	1398756	2xtvn	wy625	1985	1:24000
Orpha-Vonalee-Roughlock complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	231	3644	502352	jvqx	wy625	1985	1:24000
Aquic Ustifluvents, saline-Orpha complex, undulating	111	2645	502189	jvkn	wy625	1985	1:24000
Dwyer-Orpha loamy sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes	113	31539	351491	2xtvn	wy709	1983	1:24000
Clarkelen, rarely flooded-Dwyer-Orpha complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	108	11390	351486	2ztzp	wy709	1983	1:24000
Terro-Tullock-Orpha complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	139	8199	351517	css8	wy709	1983	1:24000
Kishona-Dwyer-Orpha association, 0 to 10 percent slopes	124	3238	351502	csrs	wy709	1983	1:24000
Terro-Tullock-Orpha complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	138	972	351516	css7	wy709	1983	1:24000
Embry-Orpha complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	201	242	361270	d3xw	wy709	1983	1:24000
Orpha-Tullock loamy sands, 6 to 30 percent slopes	253	27	1427910	1jxvm	wy709	1983	1:24000
Orpha-Vonalee complex, hilly	178	24843	503043	jwg6	wy713	1986	1:24000
Orpha, moist-Dailey loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopes	67	1045	1415169	1jhlm	wy715	1974	1:20000
Orpha-Dwyer-Taluce complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	68	233	1415170	1jhln	wy715	1974	1:20000
Dailey-Orpha, moist, loamy sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	58	66	1415154	2wcbd	wy715	1974	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ORPHA 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).