Soil Data Explorer - RIFLEPIT

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RIFLEPIT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RIFLEPIT, 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 RIFLEPIT 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 RIFLEPIT 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 RIFLEPIT series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the RIFLEPIT 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 RIFLEPIT 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 RIFLEPIT share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the RIFLEPIT 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 RIFLEPIT 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with RIFLEPIT, 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 RIFLEPIT 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
Riflepit-Trebor complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0409E	11793	2375709	2kr3s	sd081	2007	1:24000
Stovho-Riflepit-Trebor complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0416C	8861	2375720	2y6dp	sd081	2007	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0407C	7911	2375708	2kr3r	sd081	2007	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes	Q0411C	479	2375710	2kr3t	sd081	2007	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0411E	21	2517213	2myv8	sd081	2007	1:24000
Stovho-Riflepit-Trebor complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0416C	36772	2586404	2y6dp	sd607	2011	1:24000
Riflepit-Trebor complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0409E	1792	2586598	2kr3s	sd607	2011	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes	Q0411C	97	2586485	2kr3t	sd607	2011	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	Q0408E	24	2586506	2mvvw	sd607	2011	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	Q0408E	4318	2438890	2mvvw	wy011	1978	1:24000
Riflepit-Trebor complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0409E	1375	2514516	2kr3s	wy011	1978	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0407C	954	2516979	2kr3r	wy011	1978	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes	Q0411C	931	2516982	2kr3t	wy011	1978	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0411E	713	2441754	2myv8	wy011	1978	1:24000
Stovho-Riflepit-Trebor complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0416C	85	2514535	2y6dp	wy011	1978	1:24000
Riflepit-Trebor complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Q0409E	4868	2514517	2kr3s	wy045	1984	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	Q0408E	2473	2516985	2mvvw	wy045	1984	1:24000
McCooley, cool-Riflepit complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes	Q0411C	863	2516980	2kr3t	wy045	1984	1:24000
Riflepit-Stovho complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0407C	162	2516978	2kr3r	wy045	1984	1:24000
Stovho-Riflepit-Trebor complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	Q0416C	77	2514534	2y6dp	wy045	1984	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RIFLEPIT 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).