Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RINGLING soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RINGLING, 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 RINGLING were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the RINGLING 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 RINGLING 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 RINGLING 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 RINGLING 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with RINGLING 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 RINGLING 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 RINGLING 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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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 RINGLING, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing RINGLING 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
Lamedeer-Cabba-Ringling complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes702F30901343651cjljmt01719951:24000
Lamedeer-Broadus-Ringling complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes701E25441343650cjlhmt01719951:24000
Bitton-Cabba-Ringling complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes631F11889343597cjjsmt01719951:24000
Cambert-Cabba-Ringling complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes731E5694343656cjlpmt01719951:24000
Lambert-Ringling complex, 15 to 65 percent slopes383F2414873391lxppmt02119711:24000
Lamedeer-Ringling channery loams, moist, 4 to 45 percent slopes246F2107344522ckhmmt06519961:24000
Lamedeer-Ringling channery loams, 4 to 45 percent slopes245F1256344521ckhlmt06519961:24000
Lamedeer-Ringling channery loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes245C487344520ckhkmt06519961:24000
Lambert-Ringling complex, 15 to 65 percent slopesLhF14006345346clc6mt08319731:24000
Lamedeer-Ringling channery loams, moist, 4 to 45 percent slopes246F1451913568ckhmmt11119661:20000
Lamedeer-Ringling channery loams, 4 to 45 percent slopes245F961913567ckhlmt11119661:20000
Doney-Ringling complex, hillyDOb63439345920clyqmt60719701:24000
Doney-Ringling complex, very steepDOc29264345921clyrmt60719701:24000
Searing-Ringling complex, rollingSI13841346137cm5qmt60719701:24000
Doney-Ringling complex, rollingDOa2572345919clypmt60719701:24000
Ringling-Cabba association, 15 to 50 percent slopesRt208321347907cp0tmt64319671:20000
Ringling slaty loam, 20 to 50 percent slopesRs54011347906cp0smt64319671:20000
Ringling-Relan association, 6 to 25 percent slopesRu29043347908cp0vmt64319671:20000
Relan association, 5 to 30 percent slopesRf9188347900cp0lmt64319671:20000
Bitton, moist-Lamedeer, dry-Ringling, dry, channery loams, 25 to 70 percent slopes3148104348061cp5smt64919851:24000
Lamedeer, dry-Bitton, moist-Ringling, dry, channery loams, 25 to 70 percent slopes12129700347944cp20mt64919851:24000
Bitton-Twin Creek-Ringling, dry, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes2813747348057cp5nmt64919851:24000
Bitton, moist-Ringling, dry-Cabba complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes3213329348062cp5tmt64919851:24000
Lamedeer-Twin Creek, moist-Ringling complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes1209925347943cp1zmt64919851:24000
Bitton, moist-Lamedeer, dry-Ringling, dry, channery loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes307295348060cp5rmt64919851:24000
Lamedeer-Lamedeer, dry-Ringling channery loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes1185566347940cp1wmt64919851:24000
Lamedeer-Twin Creek, moist-Ringling complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes1195161347941cp1xmt64919851:24000
Bitton-Doney-Ringling, dry, complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes243930348053cp5jmt64919851:24000
Bitton-Ringling, dry, channery loams, 8 to 25 percent slopes253237348054cp5kmt64919851:24000
Bitton-Doney-Ringling, dry, complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes233212348052cp5hmt64919851:24000
Doney-Ringling complex, hillyDOb182837908clyqmt64919851:24000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B4517151911vzvcnd00719981:24000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B157725636061vzvcnd01119691:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE3043C68025636072q38vnd01119691:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE3043C59727072172q38vnd02519811:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B39427072161vzvcnd02519811:20000
Ringling-Daglum loams, 6 to 15 percent slopesE3033D152759651cdtjnd03719851:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B31727150901vzvcnd05320031:24000
Ringling-Cabba complex, 9 to 35 percent slopesE3002F880326993102qz7dnd05719761:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B106226993141vzvcnd05719761:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE3043C42626993152q38vnd05719761:20000
Ringling-Daglum loams, 6 to 15 percent slopesE3033D50522699204cdtjnd05919981:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B50127596931vzvcnd05919981:20000
Ringling-Cabba complex, 9 to 35 percent slopesE3002F41725259582qz7dnd06519711:20000
Searing-Ringling complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes, very stonyE3045B130427158462q38wnd08719741:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B90927158451vzvcnd08719741:20000
Searing-Ringling complex, low precipitation, 3 to 6 percent slopes, very stonyL3045B32327159302qxlcnd08719741:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE3043C227585202q38vnd08719741:20000
Searing-Ringling loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE3043B28517135471vzvcnd08919651:20000
Doney-Ringling association, 8 to 90 percent slopes1343137361125d3s6wy63319871:24000
Searing-Ringling association, 2 to 75 percent slopes2522731361000d3n5wy63319871:24000
Doney-Ringling-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes1352708361123d3s4wy63319871:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RINGLING 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 .