Soil Data Explorer - RUCKLES

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RUCKLES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RUCKLES, 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES 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 RUCKLES, 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. ID-2010-08-31-18 | Wood River Area, Gooding County and Parts of Blaine, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties - 2005

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in general soil map unit 18 (Soil Survey of Wood River Area, Idaho; 2005).

Map Units

Map units containing RUCKLES 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
Hiibner-Ruckles families complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes.	181	5619	470496	hsl9	ca703	1983	1:24000
Ruckles-Bieber families complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	244	2340	470558	hsn9	ca703	1983	1:24000
Ridd-Ruckles-Keating families complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes.	238	1770	470552	hsn3	ca703	1983	1:24000
Ruckles-Gwin families-Rock outcrop association, 20 to 40 percent slopes.	245	1693	470559	hsnb	ca703	1983	1:24000
Gwin-Ruckles families-Rock outcrop association, 40 to 70 percent slopes.	178	673	470493	hsl6	ca703	1983	1:24000
Ruckles-Bakeoven extremely stony loams, 2 to 30 percent slopes	RVE	1386	81387	2qpd	id659	1971	1:20000
Ruckles-Bakeoven extremely stony loams, 30 to 65 percent slopes	RVF	565	81388	2qpf	id659	1971	1:20000
Ruckles stony loam, 7 to 20 percent slopes	RuE	305	81390	2qph	id659	1971	1:20000
Quiero-Ruckles-Nammoth complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	152	7705	81884	2r6f	id681	1993	1:24000
Perla-Darrah-Ruckles complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	143	3075	81874	2r63	id681	1993	1:24000
Nammoth-Ruckles-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	137	2515	81867	2r5w	id681	1993	1:24000
Immiant-Ruckles-Rock outcrop complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes	83	12169	2519610	2r1w	id685	2012	1:24000
Ruckles gravelly clay loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	139	8629	2519497	2qy7	id685	2012	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick complex, 12 to 35 percent south slopes	143D	31242	62114	22mp	or604	1988	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick complex, 35 to 50 percent south slopes	143E	18809	62115	22mq	or604	1988	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	142C	18187	62113	22mn	or604	1988	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick complex, 50 to 70 percent south slopes	143F	7432	62116	22mr	or604	1988	1:24000
Bakeoven-Ruckles complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	10C	4527	62070	22l8	or604	1988	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick-Snellby complex, 35 to 50 percent slopes	144E	3968	62117	22ms	or604	1988	1:24000
Ruckles-Ruclick-Snellby complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes	144F	2741	62118	22mt	or604	1988	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Ruckles complex, 50 to 70 percent south slopes	135F	1435	62104	22mc	or604	1988	1:24000
Simas-Ruckles-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 80 percent north slopes	120F	8565	63423	23zx	or620	1992	1:24000
Simas-Ruckles-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 80 percent south slopes	121F	7434	63424	23zy	or620	1992	1:24000
Simas-Ruckles complex, 15 to 40 percent south slopes	119D	3926	63417	23zq	or620	1992	1:24000
Simas-Ruckles complex, 15 to 40 percent north slopes	118D	2605	63415	23zn	or620	1992	1:24000
Ruckles very stony clay loam, 12 to 45 percent slopes	57E	6630	63999	24lh	or625	1979	1:20000
Ruckles very stony clay loam, 1 to 12 percent slopes	57C	2142	63998	24lg	or625	1979	1:20000
Ruckles very stony clay loam, 45 to 65 percent slopes	57F	690	64000	24lj	or625	1979	1:20000
Ruckles-Ruclick-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 50 percent south slopes	8001	73146	2482050	2p9s4	or645		1:24000
Bakeoven-Ruckles-Ruclick complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	8000	44510	2486771	2pgpf	or645		1:24000
Lookout-Ruckles complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	8023	31401	2482199	2p9xy	or645		1:24000
Ruclick-Bakeoven-Ruckles complex, 8 to 40 percent slopes	8006	10234	2482082	2p9t5	or645		1:24000
Simas-Ruckles-Antoken complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes	127	7626	63099	23ng	or674	1993	1:24000
Ruclick-Ruckles complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes	119	5270	63083	23my	or674	1993	1:24000
Ruclick-Ruckles complex, 30 to 55 percent slopes	120	5109	63086	23n1	or674	1993	1:24000
Ruckles-Simas-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 80 percent slopes	118	4016	63081	23mw	or674	1993	1:24000
Ruckles-Simas complex, 40 to 80 percent slopes	117	2380	63079	23mt	or674	1993	1:24000
Ruckles-Rock outcrop complex, 55 to 80 percent slopes	116	1856	63078	23ms	or674	1993	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RUCKLES 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).