Soil Data Explorer - SHEEPROCK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHEEPROCK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHEEPROCK, 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK 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 SHEEPROCK, 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 SHEEPROCK 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
Sheeprock family, 4 to 30 percent slopes	305	1506	476884	j07c	nv774	1985	1:24000
Hiko Peak-Sheeprock-Rock outcrop association, 3 to 25 percent slopes	37	2964	481245	j4s1	ut601	1985	1:24000
Sheeprock gravelly loam, 10 to 40 percent slopes, severely eroded	SpF3	3082	481488	j50w	ut602	1969	1:20000
Sheeprock gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	SoD	683	481487	j50v	ut602	1969	1:20000
Sheeprock family, 2 to 15 percent slopes	73	6879	3183901	2x4gz	ut617		1:24000
Sheeprock-Cokel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	206	644	2220511	2djmd	ut626		1:24000
Sheeprock coarse sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	204	194	2220509	2djmb	ut626		1:24000
Sheeprock gravelly coarse sandy loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	205	19	2220510	2djmc	ut626		1:24000
Sheeprock-Cokel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	SEF	8175	484688	j8c3	ut640	1967	1:20000
Sheeprock gravelly coarse sandy loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	SDF	2330	484687	j8c2	ut640	1967	1:20000
Sheeprock-Ushar complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	SFF	2085	484689	j8c4	ut640	1967	1:20000
Sheeprock coarse sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SCC	925	484686	j8c1	ut640	1967	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHEEPROCK 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).