Soil Data Explorer - SALINAS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SALINAS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SALINAS, 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 SALINAS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
14	79P0279	79CA053002	Salinas	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5224342,-121.5265656
14	40A3059	S1965CA053003	SALINAS	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.25,-121.1500015
14	40A3062	S1965CA053011	SALINAS	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5513878,-121.5044479

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SALINAS, 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 SALINAS 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
Salinas clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SbA	19655	2833371	2tyy1	ca053	1972	1:24000
Salinas loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SaA	2555	2833377	2tyxz	ca053	1972	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SbC	1825	2833375	2tyy3	ca053	1972	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SaA	1698	2833372	2tyy1	ca069	1965	1:20000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SaC	499	2833376	2tyy3	ca069	1965	1:20000
Salinas clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SbAmo	153	849248	xhq3	ca069	1965	1:20000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	SbC	8268	456923	hbgg	ca638	1967	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, warm MAAT, MLRA 19	SbA	2362	2833373	2tyy2	ca638	1967	1:24000
Salinas clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ScA	2128	456924	hbgh	ca638	1967	1:24000
Salinas clay, 2 to 5 percent slopes	ScB	1139	456925	hbgj	ca638	1967	1:24000
Salinas silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	197	6070	457169	2tyxv	ca664	1977	1:24000
Salinas silty clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, MLRA 14	198	2765	457170	2tyxy	ca664	1977	1:24000
Salinas loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	196	1720	2833378	2tyxz	ca664	1977	1:24000
Salinas loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SaA	2713	2833379	2tyxz	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas silty clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SdC	2466	457482	2tyxy	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, MLRA 14	SdA	2275	457481	2tyxv	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	SaC	919	457479	hc1d	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas and Sorrento loams, 9 to 15 percent slopes	SeD	401	457483	hc1j	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas loam, overflow, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SbA	130	457480	hc1f	ca672	1966	1:20000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	SaC	2616	457762	hcbj	ca674	1968	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, warm MAAT, MLRA 19	SaA	1383	2833374	2tyy2	ca674	1968	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	SaCvt		3003618	hcbj	ca692	2001	1:24000
Salinas clay loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	SaC	55	1412902	1jf7h	ca772	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SALINAS 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).