Soil Data Explorer - OTERODRY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the OTERODRY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of OTERODRY, 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY 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 OTERODRY, 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 OTERODRY 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
Oterodry loamy sand, 1 to 9 percent slopes	OtC	4504	2611066	2rh12	co011	1965	1:15840
Vonid-Oterodry sandy loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	VoD	7741	2766546	2t50y	co025	1965	1:15840
Vonid-Oterodry sandy loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	Vs2	7646	2766543	2t50w	co025	1965	1:15840
Oterodry sandy loam, dry, 1 to 4 percent slopes	OdA	4800	2611067	2rh0z	co025	1965	1:15840
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	Od	2309	2611062	2rh10	co061	1977	1:24000
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	171	5923	2611064	2rh11	co073	2001	1:24000
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	170	2942	2611063	2rh10	co073	2001	1:24000
Oterodry sandy loam, dry, 1 to 4 percent slopes	OdA	17962	2611068	2rh0z	co089	1966	1:15840
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	OdB	87	2838004	2rh11	co099	1963	1:15840
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	Od	14	2838003	2rh10	co099	1963	1:15840
Oterodry sandy loam, dry, 1 to 4 percent slopes	OdA	23061	2611061	2rh0z	co626	1974	1:24000
Vonid-Oterodry sandy loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	Vs2	8940	2766544	2t50w	co626	1974	1:24000
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	OdB	8760	2670631	2rh11	co627	1980	1:24000
Kimera-Oterodry fine sandy loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	KO	17366	105398	2t51x	co628	2008	1:24000
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	OtD	944	2611065	2rh11	co628	2008	1:24000
Oterodry fine sandy loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	80	1149	2670632	2rh11	co637	1986	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the OTERODRY 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).