Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RHAME soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RHAME, 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 RHAME 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
4606N0126S2005MT059002Rhame6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.5138512,-110.3119125

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the RHAME 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 RHAME 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 RHAME 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 RHAME 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 mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with RHAME 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 RHAME 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 RHAME 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 RHAME, 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

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  1. ND-2010-09-27-02 | Billings County - 2005

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Patent-Badland, outcrop-Cabbart association (Soil Survey of Billings County, North Dakota; 2005).

  2. SD-2012-03-15-49 | Harding County - December 1988

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Cabbart-Rock outcrop-Delridge association (Soil Survey of Harding County, SD; 1988).

Map Units

Map units containing RHAME 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
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F324930404902qz6smt02519911:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B18843422952qxhtmt02519911:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D6583422962qxhlmt02519911:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL1639A633422942qz8tmt02519911:24000
Rhame-Rentsac complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes442C5791913096226qsmt62420211:24000
Rhame-Rentsac complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes442D4391913100226qxmt62420211:24000
Rhame-Blacksheep complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes21C7941480004z06mt63720141:24000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F1719527070372qz6snd00719981:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D838127070362qxhlnd00719981:24000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesL2335D626327070472qxkfnd00719981:24000
Rhame-Arikara-Fleak complex, 9 to 70 percent slopesL1661F415427070402qxhwnd00719981:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B157627070392qxhtnd00719981:24000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesL2335B88527070462qz9hnd00719981:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1355C57427070352qxhknd00719981:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL1639A4527070382qz8tnd00719981:24000
Fleak-Rhame complex, 3 to 15 percent slopesFnD747999282412b3lnd01119691:20000
Rhame fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesRnB610499288912b5pnd01119691:20000
Rhame-Fleak fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesRoC358999289012b5qnd01119691:20000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F312725634682qz6snd01119691:20000
Rhame-Fleak fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesRoD198199289112b5rnd01119691:20000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B80125634712qxhtnd01119691:20000
Rhame-Blacksheep fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1333D45425634662qxhgnd01119691:20000
Rhame-Blacksheep fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1333C36925634652qxhfnd01119691:20000
Marmarth-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesMhB31799286012b4rnd01119691:20000
Marmarth-Rhame fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesMhC24999286112b4snd01119691:20000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL1639A9525634702qz8tnd01119691:20000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F1921927071622qz6snd02519811:20000
Rhame-Arikara-Fleak complex, 9 to 70 percent slopesL1661F1479227071432qxhwnd02519811:20000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D265627071412qxhlnd02519811:20000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1355C148127071402qxhknd02519811:20000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B38027071422qxhtnd02519811:20000
Rhame-Bullock-Kremlin complex, 9 to 35 percent slopesL2307F3827584932qxjhnd02519811:20000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F1357127073232qz6snd03319851:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B65227073242qxhtnd03319851:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1355C13327073202qxhknd03319851:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D1827597562qxhlnd03319851:24000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F2511027151422qz6snd05320031:24000
Rhame-Arikara-Fleak complex, 9 to 70 percent slopesL1661F1922627151452qxhwnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D909427151412qxhlnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesL2335D260027151502qxkfnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Bullock-Kremlin complex, 9 to 35 percent slopesL2307F236227151472qxjhnd05320031:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B123827151442qxhtnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1355C82427151402qxhknd05320031:24000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL1639A6227151432qz8tnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesL2335B5027151492qz9hnd05320031:24000
Rhame-Fleak complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL1425F852827159002qz6snd08719741:20000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1355C114027158982qxhknd08719741:20000
Rhame-Blacksheep fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1333D110327158972qxhgnd08719741:20000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL1639B105327159012qxhtnd08719741:20000
Rhame-Blacksheep fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL1333C95527158962qxhfnd08719741:20000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesL2335B11427585322qz9hnd08719741:20000
Rhame-Kremlin-Archin complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesL2335D7927585332qxkfnd08719741:20000
Rhame-Chinook fine sandy loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesL1355D2127585292qxhlnd08719741:20000
Chinook-Rhame fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL1639A327585312qz8tnd08719741:20000
Rhame-Parchin fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesRmB564213557812tvvxsd06319841:24000
Rhame fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesRhB26244355780cy6ssd06319841:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RHAME 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 .