Soil Data Explorer - PARLEYS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PARLEYS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PARLEYS, 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 PARLEYS 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
28A	89P0803	89ID041002	PARLEYS	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.11409,-111.9508133

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PARLEYS 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 PARLEYS 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 PARLEYS 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.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PARLEYS, 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. ID-2010-08-30-06 | Franklin County Area - 2008

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in general soil map units 5 (Parleys-Ant Flat-Winwell) and 7 (Wheelon-Collinston-Winwell) (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area, Idaho; 2008).

Map Units

Map units containing PARLEYS 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
Parleys-Welby complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	86-O	54	3163486	2yy4c	id713		1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	109	8717	485197	j8wj	id714	1997	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes	111	2483	485200	j8wm	id714	1997	1:24000
Trenton-Parleys, wet complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	142	654	485234	j8xq	id714	1997	1:24000
Sterling-Parleys complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	137	307	485228	j8xj	id714	1997	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	110	217	485199	j8wl	id714	1997	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	85	7168	485683	j9d6	id715	1994	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	84	6876	485682	j9d5	id715	1994	1:24000
Parleys-Wheelon complex, 4 to 12 percent slopes	87	4931	485685	j9d8	id715	1994	1:24000
Parleys-Welby complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	86	4645	3163601	2yy4c	id715	1994	1:24000
Welby-Parleys complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	131	1697	485601	j99k	id715	1994	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	PeB	17046	481443	j4zf	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	PeD	6686	481444	j4zg	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys loam, cool, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PdA	4652	481441	j4zc	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys-Munk complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes	PmE	3788	481448	j4zl	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys-Pomat silt loams, 6 to 10 percent slopes	PnD	3720	481449	j4zm	ut602	1969	1:20000
Sterling-Parleys complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	SuE	3672	481495	j513	ut602	1969	1:20000
Pomat-Parleys silt loams, 10 to 30 percent slopes	PyE	2872	481456	j4zv	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PbA	2293	481440	j4zb	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys silt loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes	PeE	1536	481445	j4zh	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PeA	1011	481442	j4zd	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys-Munk complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	PmD	860	481447	j4zk	ut602	1969	1:20000
Parleys silty clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PlA	290	481446	j4zj	ut602	1969	1:20000
PARLEYS SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES	PaA	1423	482797	j6d3	ut603	1968	1:20000
PARLEYS SILT LOAM, 3 TO 6 PERCENT SLOPES	PaB	951	482798	j6d4	ut603	1968	1:20000
PARLEYS SILT LOAM, 6 TO 10 PERCENT SLOPES	PaC	469	482799	j6d5	ut603	1968	1:20000
Parleys loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	1000	10062	481624	2tjtg	ut607	1965	1:15840
Parleys loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	8012	1834	481626	2tjsx	ut607	1965	1:15840
Hillfield-Timpanogos-Parleys complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, eroded	HTG2	1706	481568	j53g	ut607	1965	1:15840
Parleys loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	PaD	982	481627	j55c	ut607	1965	1:15840
Hillfield-Timpanogos-Parleys complex, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	HTF2	658	481567	j53f	ut607	1965	1:15840
Parleys loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	PaE2	625	481628	j55d	ut607	1965	1:15840
Parleys loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	8012	1993	2981375	2tjsx	ut608	1981	1:24000
Parleys loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	8013	790	2981376	2tjsy	ut608	1981	1:24000
Parleys loam, high rainfall, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PaA	1740	506607	k055	ut609	1974	1:24000
Parleys silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PeA	7317	482958	j6k9	ut612	1967	1:20000
Parleys loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	1000	1977	482957	2tjtg	ut612	1967	1:20000
Parleys silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	PeB	960	482959	j6kb	ut612	1967	1:20000
Parleys loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	1000	3070	483348	2tjtg	ut621	1966	1:20000
Parleys silty clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PcB	1878	483351	j6yz	ut621	1966	1:20000
Parleys loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	8012	1363	483349	2tjsx	ut621	1966	1:20000
Parleys gravelly loam, overwashed, 3 to 6 percent slopes	PbC	220	483350	j6yy	ut621	1966	1:20000
Parleys loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	8013	161	2981399	2tjsy	ut621	1966	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PARLEYS 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).