Soil Data Explorer - PHIFERSON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PHIFERSON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PHIFERSON, 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON 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 PHIFERSON, 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 PHIFERSON 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
Phiferson-Tassel-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	5985	1174	357990	2t34t	ne165	1993	1:20000
Busher-Phiferson complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	5136	757	357892	d0dx	ne165	1993	1:20000
Jayem-Phiferson-Trelona fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	146	67994	349606	2tvv6	wy027	1993	1:24000
Phiferson-Tassel-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	173	36855	349659	2t34t	wy027	1993	1:24000
Phiferson-Trelona fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	174	21744	349661	cqvd	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	220	11948	349731	cqxn	wy027	1993	1:24000
Trelona-Phiferson-Vetal fine sandy loams, 6 to 30 percent slopes	212	11031	349723	cqxd	wy027	1993	1:24000
Tassel-Trelona-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	200	10277	349711	cqx0	wy027	1993	1:24000
Busher-Phiferson loamy very fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	112	8005	349537	cqqd	wy027	1993	1:24000
Alice-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	104	7240	349521	cqpw	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	221	5428	349732	cqxp	wy027	1993	1:24000
Bayard-Phiferson-Treon, thin solum complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes	109	13319	104458	3hpm	wy031	1998	1:24000
Bayard-Phiferson-Treon, thin solum complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	108	8839	104456	3hpk	wy031	1998	1:24000
Vetal-Treon-Phiferson complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	257	7450	104608	3hvg	wy031	1998	1:24000
Treon-Alice-Phiferson complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	245	5756	104599	3hv5	wy031	1998	1:24000
Alice-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	104	4230	104451	3hpd	wy031	1998	1:24000
Treon, thin solum-Phiferson-Keeline fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	247	3752	104601	3hv7	wy031	1998	1:24000
Turnercrest-Phiferson-Taluce complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	251	3675	104603	3hv9	wy031	1998	1:24000
Julesburg-Jayem-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	173	3378	104526	3hrt	wy031	1998	1:24000
Graystone-Phiferson-Treon very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	166	3190	104521	3hrn	wy031	1998	1:24000
Phiferson-Mainter fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	197	3151	104553	3hsp	wy031	1998	1:24000
Phiferson-Treon complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	198	2669	104554	3hsq	wy031	1998	1:24000
Phiferson-Alice, bedrock substratum, very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	196	2263	104552	3hsn	wy031	1998	1:24000
Jayem-Phiferson-Trelona fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	178	4358	1669700	2tvv6	wy609	2006	1:24000
Alice-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	105	1312	1669659	1t1dz	wy609	2006	1:24000
Phiferson-Trelona fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	205	446	1669717	1t1gv	wy609	2006	1:24000
Jayem-Phiferson-Trelona fine sandy loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	63	869	1415164	2tvv6	wy715	1974	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PHIFERSON 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).