Soil Data Explorer - ROSITAS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ROSITAS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ROSITAS, 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 ROSITAS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
31	40A3413	S1969CA025012	ROSITAS	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.7086105,-115.0522232
40	73C0016	S1973AZ027007	Rositas	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.9139709,-113.5418701

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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 ROSITAS 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ROSITAS, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. AZ-2011-05-27-08 | Colorado River Indian Reservation - 1986

   Soil landscape profile (Soil Survey of Colorado River Indian, Reservation, Arizona; 1986)

2. AZ-2012-05-09-01 | Colorado River Indian Reservation - November 1986

   Soil landscape profile (Soil Survey of Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona—California; November 1986).

Map Units

Map units containing ROSITAS 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
Rositas, superstition family and torriorthents soils, 1 to 60 percent slopes	109	23424	1507972	1mm58	az627	2005	1:24000
Rositas family, superstition and torriorthents soils, 1 to 60 percent slopes	108	4502	1507971	1mm57	az627	2005	1:24000
Rositas sand	25	65423	53273	1sfh	az649	1978	1:24000
Tremant-Rositas complex	31	51124	53280	1sfq	az649	1978	1:24000
Rositas-Ligurta complex	26	12679	53274	1sfj	az649	1978	1:24000
Wellton-Dateland-Rositas complex	34	7277	53283	1sft	az649	1978	1:24000
Rositas-Denure loamy fine sands, 1 to 10 percent slopes	57	4539	53478	1sn3	az653	1985	1:24000
Superstition-Rositas association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	29	36970	54794	1v0k	az656	1983	1:20000
Superstition-Coolidge-Rositas family complex, dry, 0 to 6 percent slopes	370	86426	2440298	2mxb9	az657		1:24000
Superstition-Rositas family complex, dry, 0 to 25 percent slopes	235	60665	2420554	2m7sd	az657		1:24000
Rositas family-Superstition complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	630	40690	2933831	2tdtf	az657		1:24000
Casa Grande-Rositas family complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	230	13857	2420552	2m7sb	az657		1:24000
Rositas-Casa Grande-Slickspots complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	30	3010	54301	1thn	az658	1991	1:24000
Rositas loamy fine sand, sodic, 0 to 3 percent slopes	31	2072	54303	1thq	az658	1991	1:24000
Rositas loamy fine sand	40	6834	53567	1sqz	az659	1984	1:24000
Rositas sand, 4 to 30 percent slopes	131	1454	798506	vsx8	az697	2005	1:24000
Casa Grande-Rositas-Valencia complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	9	83178	54682	1twy	az703	1993	1:24000
Rositas loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	54	2802	54650	1tvx	az703	1993	1:24000
Rositas loamy coarse sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	RsC	19278	456919	hbgb	ca638	1967	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RoA	13081	456916	hbg7	ca638	1967	1:24000
Rositas loamy coarse sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RsA	7529	456918	hbg9	ca638	1967	1:24000
Rositas loamy coarse sand, 9 to 15 percent slopes	RsD	1781	456920	hbgc	ca638	1967	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, hummocky, 5 to 9 percent slopes	RrC	1725	456917	hbg8	ca638	1967	1:24000
Carsitas-Rositas-Buzzardsprings complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	704		3295951	2y0mc	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RoA	14419	464086	hkxj	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RtA	5984	464090	hkxn	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	RoB	4075	464087	hkxk	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas gravelly loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RsA	2613	464089	hkxm	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RrA	453	464088	hkxl	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas silty clay loam, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RuA	413	464091	hkxp	ca681	1968	1:24000
Rositas loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	136	90896	455525	h90c	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	132	77301	455521	h907	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	133	40748	455522	h908	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes	135	22626	455524	h90b	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	130	22608	455519	h905	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas fine sand, 9 to 30 percent slopes	134	19401	455523	h909	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas-Superstition loamy fine sands	138	11373	455527	h90f	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	137	3737	455526	h90d	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	131	1590	455520	h906	ca683	1976	1:24000
Rositas complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	2719	1072	2535516	2qptf	ca695		1:24000
Rositas-Holtville complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	2722	566	2535514	2qptc	ca695		1:24000
Rositas sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	2720	560	2535512	2qpt9	ca695		1:24000
Rositas-Cibola association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	2721	349	2535513	2qptb	ca695		1:24000
Nonamewash-Rositas association	880	35	2535505	hr07	ca695		1:24000
Carrizo-Orita-Rositas association, 0 to 8 percent slopes	551	6975	466717	hnnd	ca697	2000	1:24000
Rositas complex, 4 to 30 percent slopes	140	1172	466614	hnk2	ca697	2000	1:24000
Rositas-Carrizo-Bunkerhill association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	141	507	466590	hnj9	ca697	2000	1:24000
Rositas sand, 4 to 30 percent slopes	151	2313	3229666	hnrd	ca699		1:24000
Sandpan-Rositas association	SAE	330	1712445	1vgy5	nv608	1967	1:24000
Azsand-Mesabase-Rositas association	965	3457	469026	hr1w	nv755	2006	1:24000
Rositas-Riverbend association	560	2973	468909	hqy3	nv755	2006	1:24000
Nonamewash-Rositas association	880	2709	468975	hr07	nv755	2006	1:24000
Sandpan-Rositas association	325	2415	601449	n5vl	nv755	2006	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ROSITAS 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).