Soil Data Explorer - RUBICK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RUBICK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RUBICK, 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 RUBICK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 RUBICK 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 RUBICK 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 RUBICK 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 RUBICK 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with RUBICK 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 RUBICK 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 RUBICK 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with RUBICK, 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 RUBICK 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
Rubick, rubbly-Rubble land complex, 40 to 75 percent slopes	909G	1365	1859723	20f62	mt605	2007	1:24000
Tigeron-Rubick complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	932D	464	1859736	20f6h	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Tigeron complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	926F	458	1859730	20f69	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Surdal complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	738E	440	1859705	20f5h	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Tigeron, stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	906E	434	1859720	20f5z	mt605	2007	1:24000
Tigeron, stony-Rubick, very stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	905E	158	1859719	20f5y	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Libeg complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	706E	144	1859695	20f55	mt605	2007	1:24000
Sebud, extremely stony-Rubick, very stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	907F	105	1859721	20f60	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Poin, extremely bouldery complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	929F	100	1859733	20f6d	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick, stony-Worock complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	731F	98	1859703	20f5f	mt605	2007	1:24000
Tigeron, very stony-Rubick, very stony-Tigeron, stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	927E	80	1859731	20f6b	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Maurice complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	712F	60	1859696	20f56	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Surdal complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, very stony	747F	44	1859708	20f5l	mt605	2007	1:24000
Rubick, rubbly-Rubble land complex, 40 to 75 percent slopes	909G	91	1697523	1tzdt	mt616	2003	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	2172F	1094	150866	51zn	mt627	1998	1:24000
Rubick gravelly sandy loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, stony	2173F	329	150867	51zp	mt627	1998	1:24000
Rubick-Ovando families-Rock outcrop complex, high relief mountain slopes and ridges	71GC4	3925	149488	50k6	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Comad families-Rubble land complex, high relief mountain slopes and ridges	71GA4	2904	149486	50k4	mt635	2006	1:24000
Ovando-Rubick-Caseypeak families, complex, steep glaciated mountain slopes and ridges	15GC3	830	149374	50fj	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick gravelly sandy loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	913E	624	1703222	1v5bn	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick, bouldery-Comad, very bouldery, complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	369E	537	1703155	1v58h	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Maurice complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	712F	215	1703203	1v5b1	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Surdal complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	738E	199	1703207	1v5b5	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Stecum complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	701E	178	1703199	1v59x	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick, stony-Worock complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	731F	175	1703205	1v5b3	mt635	2006	1:24000
Tigeron, stony-Rubick, very stony, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	905E	142	1703217	1v5bh	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Tigeron, stony, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	906E	74	1703218	1v5bj	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Moosejaw complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes	708D	20	1703202	1v5b0	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rubick-Ovando families-Rock outcrop complex, high relief mountain slopes and ridges	265	38	1703445	1v5kv	mt636	1983	1:24000
Rubick, rubbly-Rubble land complex, 40 to 75 percent slopes	909G	3104	1424858	1jtp5	mt670	2007	1:24000
Tigeron, stony-Rubick, very stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	905E	2151	1424862	1jtp9	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Surdal complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	738E	1582	1424781	1jtlp	mt670	2007	1:24000
Sebud, extremely stony-Rubick, very stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	907F	1520	1424860	1jtp7	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick, stony-Worock complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	731F	1242	1424786	1jtlv	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Tigeron complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	926F	1205	1424847	1jtnt	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick, bouldery-Comad, very bouldery complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	369E	927	1602238	1qs83	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Libeg complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	706E	916	362023	d4q5	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Tigeron, stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	906E	813	1424861	1jtp8	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Surdal complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, very stony	747F	808	1424791	1jtm0	mt670	2007	1:24000
Tigeron, very stony-Rubick, very stony-Tigeron, stony complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	927E	614	1424846	1jtns	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Maurice complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	712F	538	362020	d4q2	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Stecum complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	701E	536	362024	d4q6	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick, very stony-Poin, extremely bouldery complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	929F	535	1424844	1jtnq	mt670	2007	1:24000
Tigeron-Rubick complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	932D	477	1424841	1jtnm	mt670	2007	1:24000
Worock, dry-Rubick complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes	715G	416	362019	d4q1	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick gravelly sandy loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	913E	396	1424854	1jtp1	mt670	2007	1:24000
Rubick-Moosejaw complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes	708D	185	362072	d4rr	mt670	2007	1:24000
Vanwirt-Taglake-Rubick families, complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	308	3570	157904	599p	wy656	2008	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RUBICK 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).