Soil Data Explorer - RIFLE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RIFLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RIFLE, 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 RIFLE 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
88	40A1740	73MN137001	Rifle	n/a	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.2258339,-92.577774
88	UMN3224	S1980MN0073224	Rifle	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.3305016,-94.5531235

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 RIFLE 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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 RIFLE, 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 RIFLE 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
Rifle mucky peat	RF	3281	284495	9k18	me011	1974	1:20000
Rifle peat	Rf	208	189244	6bxn	mi011	1964	1:20000
Carbondale, Lupton, and Rifle soils	Cb	1900	3385767	1q9gq	mi041	1969	1:24000
Rifle muck	Rf	306	186891	68gr	mi049	1967	1:20000
Rifle peat	Rs	4337	189559	6c7t	mi055	1963	1:15840
Rifle muck	Rm	118	188181	69tc	mi067	1965	1:15840
Rifle peat, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	201	188560	6b6l	mi091	1957	1:20000
Rifle muck	Rf	1701	187600	696m	mi093	1968	1:20000
Rifle and Tawas peats, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ra	23621	187324	68xq	mi117	1956	1:20000
Rifle peat	Rl	1880	190192	6cx7	mi133	1966	1:15840
Rifle muck	Rf	362	190191	6cx6	mi133	1966	1:15840
Rifle loam, overwash	Re	132	190190	6cx5	mi133	1966	1:15840
Rifle peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RbA0	2305	188386	6b0z	mi151	1955	1:15840
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B147A	51566	2945911	2t4tc	mn001	1996	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	44684	3115221	2z1b0	mn001	1996	1:20000
Rifle peat	541	4725	432933	gjhl	mn001	1996	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat	Rf	38865	395961	f90y	mn003	1972	1:15840
Rifle soils, ponded	Rh	1392	395963	f910	mn003	1972	1:15840
Rifle muck, woody	Rg	763	395962	f90z	mn003	1972	1:15840
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	50329	397539	2t4tc	mn005	1994	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	66765	397651	2t4tc	mn007	1991	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	1892	3115222	2z1b0	mn017	1973	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	22126	397741	2t4tc	mn021	1993	1:20000
Aquepts, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I3-11A	17093	2774533	2t210	mn031	2013	1:24000
Rifle soils, dense substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	J1a10A	7865	2774647	2t21c	mn031	2013	1:24000
Entisols, frequently flooded, rubbly and Histosols soils, 0 to 1 percent slope, ponded	K2-12	1479	2774695	2t224	mn031	2013	1:24000
Rifle soils, spooner catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B274A	486	3114842	2pg24	mn031	2013	1:24000
Giese, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	A3-10A	266	2774700	2rn05	mn031	2013	1:24000
Uskabwanka-Rifle, ponded complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	J1a12A	8	2773428	2t57m	mn031	2013	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	D87A	19858	2732647	2dfll	mn035	2009	1:24000
Rifle and Seelyeville soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, ponded	MA	8473	2840446	2v44m	mn035	2009	1:24000
Uskabwanka-Rifle-Lougee complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	D68A	6858	2510407	2dcxr	mn035	2009	1:24000
Uskabwanka-Rifle-Tacoosh complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	7-16A	4520	2840443	2v44h	mn035	2009	1:24000
Graycalm-Rifle complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	D79C	3927	2732655	2ndr4	mn035	2009	1:24000
Graycalm-Grayling-Rifle complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes	D80D	1741	2732656	2ndr5	mn035	2009	1:24000
Uskabwanka-Rifle-Barber complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	D66A	1591	2510404	2dcxb	mn035	2009	1:24000
Rifle, Seelyeville and Lougee soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, ponded	D71A	750	2510412	2lvb5	mn035	2009	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Rm	3140	397316	2t4tc	mn041	1970	1:12000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	41	436675	2t4tc	mn057	1998	1:24000
Rifle and Seelyeville soils	541	30586	398381	fck0	mn059	1956	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	22002	398441	2t4tc	mn061	1982	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	4021	3115225	2z1b0	mn065	2006	1:12000
Rifle-Rifle ponded complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, dense substratum	J1a10A	51802	2774446	2zw3n	mn075	2013	1:24000
Aquepts, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I3-11A	16360	3114938	2t210	mn075	2013	1:24000
Rifle soils, spooner catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B274A	4941	3114964	2pg24	mn075	2013	1:24000
Entisols, frequently flooded, rubbly and Histosols soils, 0 to 1 percent slope, ponded	K2-12	2380	2774467	2t224	mn075	2013	1:24000
Giese, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	A3-10A	1985	2742139	2rn05	mn075	2013	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	87426	398891	2t4tc	mn077	1989	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I260A	3628	2798952	1nyts	mn089	1994	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	73	357152	2t4tc	mn089	1994	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	7151	3115226	2z1b0	mn095	2006	1:12000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	D87A	15876	2945920	2t4tc	mn097	1987	1:20000
Rifle muck	541	2581	400402	ffn6	mn097	1987	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	2010	3115223	2z1b0	mn097	1987	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	2313	435863	2t4tc	mn111	1996	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally ponded	C158	4562	3115224	2z1b0	mn115	2009	1:24000
Rifle muck	541	1940	1677272	1t9bk	mn123	1978	1:15840
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	13851	394877	2t4tc	mn135	1999	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I260A	4	2799835	1nyts	mn135	1999	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	10647	428159	2t4tc	mn145	1980	1:15840
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	33372	428558	2t4tc	mn153	1985	1:20000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	541	1891	428801	2t4tc	mn159	1987	1:20000
Rifle muck	541	4008	1677137	1t966	mn163	1978	1:15840
Rifle soils, spooner catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B274A	40342	2494028	2pg24	mn613	2016	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B275A	27195	2494029	2t4tc	mn613	2016	1:24000
Rifle soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1021A	9123	2515141	20h2w	mn613	2016	1:24000
Aquepts, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F166A	8171	2406473	2ls45	mn613	2016	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	2srr8	135	2943924	2srr8	mn613	2016	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, seasonally ponded	2srrj	64	2943917	2srrj	mn613	2016	1:24000
Rifle soils, dense substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	F170A	38948	1424873	1jtpn	mn615	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1021A	16165	1426057	1jvxv	mn615	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, duluth catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B118A	4237	1408364	1j8j3	mn615	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, hibbing catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B67A	1565	1904130	21xdk	mn615	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1021A	44620	1861546	20h2w	mn617	2007	1:24000
Aquepts, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F166A	9786	1913038	226nx	mn617	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, hibbing catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B67A	2999	1861547	20h2x	mn617	2007	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B147A	124	1861548	2t4tc	mn617	2007	1:24000
Rifle soils, duluth catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B118A	20452	1715728	1vlc2	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B147A	19035	1946874	2t4tc	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle soils, dense substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	F170A	8675	1715870	1vlhn	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle-Tacoosh complex, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B83A	2697	1946871	23bw9	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1021A	1060	1715753	1vlcw	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle soils, hibbing catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B67A	1038	1946866	23bw4	mn619	2009	1:24000
Rifle soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1021A	29967	843520	x9rb	mn621	2006	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B147A	18498	843490	2t4tc	mn621	2006	1:24000
Rifle soils, Hibbing catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B67A	5510	843485	x9q6	mn621	2006	1:24000
Aquepts, rubbly-Tacoosh-Rifle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F166A	315	3072832	226nx	mn621	2006	1:24000
Rifle-Tacoosh complex, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B83A	31	843499	x9qn	mn621	2006	1:24000
Rifle-Rifle, ponded, complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B275A	108351	2943849	2t4tc	mn625	2015	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, seasonally ponded	2srrj	52	2943868	2srrj	mn625	2015	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	2srr8	48	2943871	2srr8	mn625	2015	1:24000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, seasonally ponded	2srrj	3826	2742308	2srrj	mn627	2015	1:12000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	2srr8	2418	2742249	2srr8	mn627	2015	1:12000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	F443A	3118	2585812	2q55f	nd049	1987	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I260A	209	2642961	1nyts	nd067	1972	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I260A	119	2641278	1nyts	nd073	1992	1:20000
Rifle mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I260A	53	2640940	1nyts	nd077	2005	1:12000
Rifle muck	RM	24572	294145	9w2k	ny075	1973	1:15840
Rifle muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, ponded	9A	1093	282804	9h8q	vt023	1996	1:20000
Rifle peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3423A	675	1700373	1v2cr	wi003	2006	1:12000
Rifle peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3423A	999	1383581	1hfqn	wi007	2005	1:12000
Rifle peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3423A	267	1385983	1hj74	wi031	2005	1:12000
Rifle muck	Rf	24235	421206	g499	wi095	1978	1:15840
Rifle and Tacoosh soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	412A	177	625151	nzj5	wi107	2006	1:12000
Rifle and Tacoosh soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	412A	909	625399	nzs5	wi113	2006	1:12000
Rifle and Tacoosh soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	412A	220	635992	pbsw	wi129	2002	1:12000
Rifle mucky peat	Rf	1423	426492	g9st	wi141	1971	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RIFLE 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).