Soil Data Explorer - REDCLIFF

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the REDCLIFF soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of REDCLIFF, 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 REDCLIFF were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 REDCLIFF 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 REDCLIFF 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 REDCLIFF 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 REDCLIFF 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with REDCLIFF 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 REDCLIFF 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 REDCLIFF 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with REDCLIFF, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing REDCLIFF 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
Redcliff gravelly loam, 50 to 75 percent north slopes	130F	4028	62099	22m6	or604	1988	1:24000
Redcliff gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent north slopes	130E	3038	62098	22m5	or604	1988	1:24000
Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 65 percent south slopes	103E	11783	63381	23yk	or620	1992	1:24000
Lickskillet-Redcliff very gravelly loams, 15 to 30 percent south slopes	80D	7024	63866	24g6	or620	1992	1:24000
Lickskillet-Redcliff very gravelly loams, 0 to 15 percent slopes	79C	4928	63862	24g2	or620	1992	1:24000
Redcliff-Lickskillet complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	100C	4727	63376	23yd	or620	1992	1:24000
Redcliff-Lickskillet-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 50 percent south slopes	101E	3892	63378	23yg	or620	1992	1:24000
Redcliff-Lickskillet-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent south slopes	101D	3539	63377	23yf	or620	1992	1:24000
Lickskillet-Redcliff very gravelly loams, 30 to 60 percent south slopes	80E	3439	63867	24g7	or620	1992	1:24000
Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	102D	2129	63380	23yj	or620	1992	1:24000
Puderbaughridge-Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	8503DO	554	2437512	1sgj1	or631	2018	1:24000
Puderbaughridge-Rubble land-Redcliff complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	8504DR	231	2437513	1nxz8	or631	2018	1:24000
Blackgulch-Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	7354DO	88	2437469	1sgbb	or631	2018	1:24000
Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 65 percent south slopes	550	50	1690050	1tqmr	or635	2006	1:24000
Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	102Dm	952	1857650	20c16	or654		1:24000
Lickskillet-Redcliff complex, 30 to 60 percent south slopes	80Em	847	1857637	20c0s	or654		1:24000
Redcliff-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 65 percent south slopes	103Em	235	1857651	20c17	or654		1:24000
Lickskillet-Redcliff very gravelly loams, 0 to 15 percent slopes	8	530	62873	23f5	or666	1970	1:31680
Dustin-Redcliff complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	134C	1091	3391688	t73k	or677		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the REDCLIFF 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).