Soil Data Explorer - SACHEEN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SACHEEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SACHEEN, 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 SACHEEN 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 hills 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 SACHEEN, 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 SACHEEN 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
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	41C	37	2995608	57cy	mt603	1989	1:24000
Sacheen-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	411E	34	2995606	57ct	mt603	1989	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 8 to 30 percent slopes	41E	13	2995609	57d0	mt603	1989	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes	155	6591	145056	4vy7	mt629	1991	1:20000
Sacheen fine sand, hummocky, 3 to 10 percent slopes	154	517	145055	4vy6	mt629	1991	1:20000
Colake-Sacheen complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	24	232	145122	4w0c	mt629	1991	1:20000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, dry, 8 to 30 percent slopes	6E	1669	156275	57m4	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 8 to 30 percent slopes	41E	1011	156054	57d0	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, dry, 2 to 8 percent slopes	6B	959	156273	57m2	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	41C	674	156052	57cy	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	411E	360	156048	57ct	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen-Duneland complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	106D	252	155791	573j	mt651	1997	1:24000
Yellowbay-Selon-Sacheen complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	543F	108	156160	57hf	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 30 to 60 percent slopes	41F	92	156056	57d2	mt651	1997	1:24000
Sacheen loamy sand, dry, 40 to 70 percent slopes	406	1068	70552	2cdw	wa648	1987	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, dry, 0 to 20 percent slopes	407	932	70553	2cdx	wa648	1987	1:24000
Sacheen loamy sand, dry, 20 to 40 percent slopes	405	838	70551	2cdv	wa648	1987	1:24000
Wapal-Sacheen complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	557	690	1899826	21rxq	wa649	2008	1:24000
Sacheen loamy sand, 35 to 65 percent slopes	482	220	1899824	21rxn	wa649	2008	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	125	8337	158334	59rk	wa651	1981	1:24000
Sacheen loamy fine sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	126	1381	158335	59rl	wa651	1981	1:24000
Sacheen variant silt loam	127	1117	158336	59rm	wa651	1981	1:24000
Wapal-Sacheen complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	400	1543	76034	2k3q	wa749	2005	1:24000
Sacheen loamy sand, 35 to 65 percent slopes	322	423	75729	2jsw	wa749	2005	1:24000
Sacheen loamy sand, 15 to 35 percent slopes	321	262	76032	2k3n	wa749	2005	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SACHEEN 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).