Soil Data Explorer - PALIX

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PALIX soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PALIX, 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 PALIX 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 PALIX 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 PALIX series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PALIX 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the PALIX 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 2024-10-23).

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PALIX share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PALIX 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the PALIX 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PALIX, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing PALIX 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
Palix loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	49	35194	73495	2ggt	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix-Ozette complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	2000	26083	2511967	2pdlg	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix loam, 65 to 90 percent slopes	50	3623	73497	2ggw	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix loam, cool, 65 to 90 percent slopes	51	2639	73498	2ggx	wa609	1979	1:24000
Zeeka-Palix-Ozette complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	2002	2577	2511969	2pdlk	wa609	1979	1:24000
Bullman, conglomerate-Palix, conglomerate-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 35 percent slopes	4004	552	2511975	2pdlt	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix-Bullman complex, 25 to 55 percent slopes	4011	166	2511978	2pdlq	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix-Ilwaco complex, 25 to 55 percent slopes	4000	66	2511971	2pdln	wa609	1979	1:24000
Bullman-Palix complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	4001	12	2511972	2pdlp	wa609	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	112	35595	73547	2gjh	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	111	20796	73546	2gjg	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, 65 to 90 percent slopes	113	4714	73548	2gjj	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, cool, 8 to 30 percent slopes	114	671	73549	2gjk	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, cool, 30 to 65 percent slopes	115	494	73550	2gjl	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix silt loam, cool, 65 to 90 percent slopes	116	312	73551	2gjm	wa627	1979	1:24000
Palix-Ilwaco complex, 25 to 55 percent slopes	4000	1706	3439577	2pdln	wa631	1968	1:20000
Palix-Ozette complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	2000	457	3439561	2pdlg	wa631	1968	1:20000
Palix-Ozette complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	2000	11763	3235430	2pdlg	wa730		1:24000
Zeeka-Palix-Ozette complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	2002	2406	3235436	2pdlk	wa730		1:24000
Palix-Ilwaco complex, 25 to 55 percent slopes	4000	1164	3359844	2pdln	wa730		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PALIX 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 2024-10-30).