Soil Data Explorer - REDBANK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the REDBANK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of REDBANK, 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 REDBANK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
35	92P1015	92UT037158C	Redbank	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.0919991,-109.8880005

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the REDBANK 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 REDBANK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the REDBANK 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 REDBANK 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).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with REDBANK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the REDBANK 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 REDBANK 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 hills figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with REDBANK, 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. UT-2012-05-10-03 | Washington County Area - October 1977

   West to east cross section of the Washington County Area, showing the relationship of the soils on the landscape (Soil Survey of Washington County Area, Utah; October 1977).

Map Units

Map units containing REDBANK 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
Redbank-Torrifluvents association, gently sloping	69	7923	56553	1wv9	nm660	1981	1:48000
Redbank-Flatnose families association	47	7429	504542	jy0k	ut624	1985	1:24000
Redbank family	46	5749	504541	jy0j	ut624	1985	1:24000
Redbank-Flatnose, cool families association	48	4330	504543	jy0l	ut624	1985	1:24000
Redbank fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 3 percent slopes	66	10783	55389	1vmr	ut633	1983	1:24000
Redbank fine sandy loam, dry, 3 to 8 percent slopes	67	6412	55390	1vms	ut633	1983	1:24000
Redbank very fine sandy loam, alkali, 0 to 3 percent slopes	68	4291	55391	1vmt	ut633	1983	1:24000
Redbank fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	64	1207	55387	1vmp	ut633	1983	1:24000
Redbank fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	65	689	55388	1vmq	ut633	1983	1:24000
Redbank family-Riverwash-Green River family association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	43	6724	55468	1vq9	ut638	1985	1:24000
Recapture-Redbank family-Bankard family association, 0 to 8 percent slopes	42	2169	55467	1vq8	ut638	1985	1:24000
Redbank fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	RaC	10425	484797	j8gm	ut641	1971	1:24000
Redbank silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RbA	815	484798	j8gn	ut641	1971	1:24000
Redbank-Shedado association, sloping	RED	1185	55303	1vjz	ut643	1976	1:63000
Barnum-Redbank association	BK	3878	350812	cs1j	wy619	1971	1:24000
Barnum-Redbank fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	119	223	816592	wdqp	wy619	1971	1:24000
Barnum-Redbank fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	119	2442	502197	jvkx	wy625	1985	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the REDBANK 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).