Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PERMA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PERMA, 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 PERMA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . 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
4489P043787MT077848Perma5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.3832283,-112.8436813
4492P031790MT0391028Perma6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.5541649,-113.3375015

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PERMA 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 PERMA series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the PERMA series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the PERMA 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 .

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PERMA share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the PERMA series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the PERMA 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 .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PERMA, 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 .

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing PERMA 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
Delson-Perma complex, 3 to 65 percent slopes38940496879jp1cco68419841:24000
Delson-Perma complex, 3 to 65 percent slopes282472496977jp4jco68519791:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes883F26345344094ck1tmt04119941:24000
Perma-Whitlash, cool-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes896F13327344098ck1ymt04119941:24000
Whitlash-Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes895F3198344097ck1xmt04119941:24000
Perma-Whitlash gravelly loams, 25 to 70 percent slopes882F5201344274ck7mmt05119921:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes88E891344276ck7pmt05119921:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes88C672344275ck7nmt05119921:24000
Perma-Whitlash cobbly loams, 25 to 70 percent slopes881F11700345297cl9mmt10119921:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes88C2181345298cl9nmt10119921:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes88E1851345299cl9pmt10119921:24000
Perma-Whitlash cobbly loams, 8 to 25 percent slopes881E1467345296cl9lmt10119921:24000
Perma soils, 35 to 90 percent slopesPe1691447604vmpmt60319891:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes41E-G1129954664v7smt60319891:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes41B-G529954654v7pmt60319891:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes41F329954674v7tmt60319891:24000
Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop-Perma, very stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes241F8781483144zbbmt60420011:24000
Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop-Perma, very stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes241F122185949420dypmt60520071:24000
Perma-Castner-Belain complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes9457732346571cmmqmt60819761:24000
Castner-Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes3041598346417cmgrmt60819761:24000
Perma very cobbly loamPm24911475314yj2mt60919711:24000
Perma very cobbly loam, wetPr20861475324yj3mt60919711:24000
Perma-Whitlash-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, very stony, moist422F2301476114ylnmt60919711:24000
Redfist-Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes, bouldery1132D1491476324ymbmt60919711:24000
Clunton, Cometcrik, and Perma, stony soils, 0 to 15 percent slopes92D441475814ykpmt60919711:24000
Castner-Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes3967452341922cgsrmt61319751:24000
Perma very stony loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes1541441341817cgpcmt61319751:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes883F18276346967cn1hmt61519921:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes88C408346968cn1jmt61519921:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes338C49715471455zsmt61620031:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, moderately impacted438B1771547865623mt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes41F78609554ng91mt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, moderately impacted1041F74154777561tmt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes41D53154775561rmt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, severely impacted1141F4815528656l7mt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, moderately impacted1041E3915523256jhmt61620031:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, moderately impacted1338F2715524856k0mt61620031:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes41C19154774561qmt61620031:24000
Perma-Quast-Totelake complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes512D307804795w0g4mt61820081:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes41F10251443924v7tmt62119971:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes41B9111443884v7pmt62119971:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes338E7961443334v5xmt62119971:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes338F7191443354v5zmt62119971:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes41E5461443914v7smt62119971:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes41C4731443894v7qmt62119971:24000
Perma-Whitlash-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes838E4551446034vgmmt62119971:24000
Perma-Lone Rock complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes424B4011443944v7wmt62119971:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes738E3781445564vf3mt62119971:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes738F3311445574vf4mt62119971:24000
Perma stony loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes241B2661442844v4bmt62119971:24000
Perma-Whitlash-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes838F2631446044vgnmt62119971:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes338D2201443314v5vmt62119971:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes41D2041443904v7rmt62119971:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 60 to 80 percent slopes41G1621443934v7vmt62119971:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes338C1611443304v5tmt62119971:24000
Perma-Lone Rock complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes424C1251443954v7xmt62119971:24000
Krutar cobbly loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes123B581441874v16mt62119971:24000
Clunton, Cometcrik, and Perma, stony, soils, 0 to 15 percent slopes92D243015160852rlmt62719981:24000
Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop-Perma, very stony, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes241F1828150921521fmt62719981:24000
Perma, very stony-Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, moist422F1530151073526bmt62719981:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony421F9621510725269mt62719981:24000
Perma, stony-Whitlash, very stony, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes421E9241510715268mt62719981:24000
Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop-Perma, stony, complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes241E883150920521dmt62719981:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes, stony42D514151085526qmt62719981:24000
Perma stony loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery1351D48715059551pxmt62719981:24000
Redfist, bouldery-Perma, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes1132D46115048851lgmt62719981:24000
Perma, very stony-Perma, rubbly-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes429E420151083526nmt62719981:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, stony42E353151086526rmt62719981:24000
Perma, very stony-Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes1353F31615059751pzmt62719981:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, bouldery, warm1352E25015059651pymt62719981:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, bouldery427E229151081526lmt62719981:24000
Perma, very bouldery-Shaboom, extremely bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes1357F22815060251q4mt62719981:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes188C12031477264yqcmt63019911:24000
Perma-Braziel families-Rock outcrop complex, low relief mountain slopes and ridges75UHF127514953750lsmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Perma-Mccabe families, complex, rolling stream terraces and flood plains64UHF67114947450jrmt63520061:24000
Winkler-Perma-Yreka families, complex, low relief mountain slopes and ridges75UAF43214952850lhmt63520061:24000
Clunton, Cometcrik, and Perma, stony, soils, 0 to 15 percent slopes92D14317030201v544mt63520061:24000
Perma-Whitlash complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony421F9417030271v54cmt63520061:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes338E8217032481v5chmt63520061:24000
Whitlash, very stony-Rock outcrop-Perma, very stony, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes241F7117030261v54bmt63520061:24000
Perma very bouldery loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes542Ep7117032311v5bymt63520061:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, stony42Ej6317030191v543mt63520061:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes41E3917029321v519mt63520061:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes338C1717032471v5cgmt63520061:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes274C13761480134z0mmt63720141:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes7592991454964wdfmt63819851:24000
Perma variant-Perma complex, 4 to 30 percent slopes7922031455004wdkmt63819851:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 20 to 45 percent slopes7619961454974wdgmt63819851:24000
Perma stony loam, 2 to 12 percent slopes7715361454984wdhmt63819851:24000
Sawicki-Perma complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes329C91024380372mtzcmt63819851:24000
Perma variant stony silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes788741454994wdjmt63819851:24000
Meagher-Perma complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes187E61924226292m9ybmt63819851:24000
Sawicki-Perma-Sheafman complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes329D46924380382mtzdmt63819851:24000
Perma-Holter-Sharrott families complex, steep mountain slopes30K3142324226672m9zkmt63819851:24000
Perma, extremely stony-Whitash, rubbly complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes520F32124226612m9zcmt63819851:24000
Sawicki, very stony-Perma, stony, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes329E25924380392mtzfmt63819851:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes179B20424226242m9y5mt63819851:24000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes215D12224226352m9yjmt63819851:24000
Sawicki, very stony-Perma, stony complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes359C8924380412mtzhmt63819851:24000
Perma-Riverside complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes179E2924226262m9y7mt63819851:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes179D1224226252m9y6mt63819851:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes278B123914984750xsmt63920001:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes278C57214984850xtmt63920001:24000
Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes352E9514990950zsmt63920001:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes41B136681457284wmxmt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma-Water complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes742E65801458804wstmt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma gravelly loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes242C35541456154wj8mt64419951:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes338E35231456674wkymt64419951:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes41C26841457294wmymt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma-Water complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes742F24411458814wsvmt64419951:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes41D22981457304wmzmt64419951:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes338F19361456694wl0mt64419951:24000
Perma stony loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes241D16511456134wj6mt64419951:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes338D12641456654wkwmt64419951:24000
Perma extremely bouldery loam, 8 to 50 percent slopes642E7341458454wrpmt64419951:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes41E7081457314wn0mt64419951:24000
Perma cobbly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes338C6831456644wkvmt64419951:24000
Perma stony loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes241B6541456114wj4mt64419951:24000
Perma very bouldery loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes542F6341458014wq8mt64419951:24000
Perma gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes41F4751457324wn1mt64419951:24000
Perma very bouldery loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes542E2651458004wq7mt64419951:24000
Perma stony loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes241E2191456144wj7mt64419951:24000
Perma-Whitlash-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes838F1531459134wtwmt64419951:24000
Perma-Whitlash-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes838E881459124wtvmt64419951:24000
Perma stony loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes241C601456124wj5mt64419951:24000
Perma-Whitlash families-Rock outcrop complex, breaklands61K5611651754434tb1lmt64520131:12000
Perma, extremely stony-Whitash, rubbly complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes520F3842757660tfdnmt64520131:12000
Perma-Holter-Sharrott families, complex, steep mountain slopes30K312318633763p8gzmt64520131:12000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes215D1925804821w0gzmt64520131:12000
Perma, extemely stony-Whitlash, rubbly complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes530D1575633721p8fmmt64520131:12000
Perma gravelly loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes179B1533804812w0gpmt64520131:12000
Perma, stony-Whitlash, rubbly-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes203F1411633835p8k9mt64520131:12000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony216D1186804824w0h2mt64520131:12000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, extremely stony216E1159804823w0h1mt64520131:12000
Perma gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes179D6481014459131mhmt64520131:12000
Perma-Riverside complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes179E5321014460131mjmt64520131:12000
Meagher-Perma complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes187D39613895691hmytmt64520131:12000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes215B373804822w0h0mt64520131:12000
Perma-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes405E29022299692dvghmt64520131:12000
Perma gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes179C234804811w0gnmt64520131:12000
Meagher-Perma complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes187E23213895681hmysmt64520131:12000
Grayhorse-Perma complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes197A14324244542mcv6mt64520131:12000
Perma-Ravalli complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes215E113804820w0gymt64520131:12000
Perma-Whitlash families-Rock outcrop complex, breaklands61K561251015036451ggmt64720071:24000
Perma-Holter-Sharrott families, complex, steep mountain slopes30K31500515025051bsmt64720071:24000
Perma-Riverside complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes179E224871962ph44mt64720071:24000
Corbly-Beaverton, very stony-Perma, extemely stony complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes2407E640156704581zmt6691:24000
Perma family-Datino complex768030503771jx6put61619831:24000
Perma family, 15 to 40 percent slopes752610503770jx6nut61619831:24000
Sheckle-Perma family-Bushvalley-Rubble land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes88136824552052ndv5ut6421:63360
Perma, very stony-Riverrun, extremely stony complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded121131368552ypnrwy6291:24000
Perma-Lolo, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes751331709702z201wy6291:24000
Perma, very stony-Riverrun, extremely stony complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded121132533472ypnrwy65620081:24000
Perma, extremely stony-Breeton fine sandy loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes98388515292181nb8mwy71920131:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PERMA 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 .