Soil Data Explorer - SANSARC

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SANSARC soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SANSARC, 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 SANSARC were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
63A	40A2543	S1973SD075001	SANSARC	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.101944,-100.7061081
63A	40A2544	S1973SD117001	SANSARC	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.3175011,-100.4272232
63B	78P0365	78SD053012	Sansarc	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.4158325,-99.3194427
63B	40A2164	S1976NE015006	Sansarc	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.788044,-98.392601

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SANSARC 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 SANSARC 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 SANSARC 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 SANSARC 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 mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SANSARC 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 SANSARC 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 SANSARC 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 mountains 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 SANSARC, 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. SD-2012-03-15-06 | Corson County - July 1995

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Sansarc-Dupree-Opal association (Soil Survey of Corson County, SD; 1995).

2. SD-2012-03-15-37 | Gregory County - August 1984

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Labu-Sansarc association (Soil Survey of Gregory County, SD; 1984).

3. SD-2012-03-15-51 | Hyde County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Opal-Promise association (Soil Survey of Hyde County, SD; 1998).

4. SD-2012-03-15-52 | Hyde County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Sansarc-Opal association (Soil Survey of Hyde County, SD; 1998).

5. SD-2012-03-15-59 | Jones County - 1999

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Bigbend-Hilmoe and Sansarc-Opal associations (Soil Survey of Jones County, SD; 1999).

6. SD-2012-03-15-71 | Lyman County - May 1987

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Sansarc-Opal and Munjor-Hilmoe-Bigbend associations (Soil Survey of Lyman County, SD; 1987).

7. SD-2012-03-15-87 | Potter County - October 1985

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Betts-Gettys association (Soil Survey of Potter County, SD; 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing SANSARC 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
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	52192	357637	2wfq7	ne015	1976	1:20000
Sansarc silty clay, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3320	8869	357665	2wfq6	ne015	1976	1:20000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	623	2912585	2wfq7	ne017	1987	1:20000
Sansarc-Nora complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes	3322	535	426767	gb2p	ne043	1972	1:20000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	19907	100116	2wfq7	ne089	1981	1:20000
Sansarc silty clay, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3320	2442	100154	2wfq6	ne089	1981	1:20000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	18946	357704	2wfq7	ne103	1977	1:20000
Sansarc silty clay, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3320	6360	357733	2wfq6	ne103	1977	1:20000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	39259	2912602	2wfq7	ne107	1989	1:20000
Sansarc silty clay, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3320	912	2912603	2wfq6	ne107	1989	1:20000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	3225	5590	2912604	2wfq7	ne149	1982	1:20000
Boyd-Sansarc clays, 15 to 40 percent slopes	BsE	4698	418251	g16z	sd009	1981	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	39E	18447	354709	2v670	sd021	1978	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	40D	7546	354713	2v671	sd021	1978	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, cool, 6 to 15 percent slopes	C942D	687	2797946	2rsr7	sd021	1978	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, cool, 15 to 40 percent slopes	C943E	337	2797947	2rsr8	sd021	1978	1:20000
Sansarc-Boyd complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes	SoF	32348	355069	2zr0d	sd023	1980	1:20000
Sansarc clay, 6 to 35 percent slopes	SnF	8546	355068	2v675	sd023	1980	1:20000
Boyd-Sansarc complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BsD	6309	355009	cxdx	sd023	1980	1:20000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	SrF	703	355070	2wfqc	sd023	1980	1:20000
Gavins-Sansarc complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	GsE	414	355027	cxfh	sd023	1980	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal-Dupree clays, 9 to 25% slopes	SdD	30698	356208	2v673	sd031	1986	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SbE	24674	356207	2v670	sd031	1986	1:24000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsC	10315	356185	2v671	sd031	1986	1:24000
Sansarc-Wabek complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	SeE	4082	356209	cynm	sd031	1986	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SbE	353390	2739007	2v670	sd041	1972	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R511E	82140	2649231	2r97y	sd041	1972	1:24000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsC	77630	354217	2v671	sd041	1972	1:24000
Dupree-Sansarc clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	DsE	13082	354187	cwkd	sd041	1972	1:24000
Schamber-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	SwF	11393	354241	2zk3x	sd041	1972	1:24000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	ScF	9922	354239	2wfqc	sd041	1972	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree clays, 9 to 45 percent slopes	SaE	3723	354236	cwlz	sd041	1972	1:24000
Labu-Sansarc silty clays, 9 to 35 percent slopes	LcF	126292	355254	2wfq7	sd053	1982	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	S502E	2898	2615641	2v670	sd053	1982	1:20000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	ScE	1321	355293	2wfqc	sd053	1982	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc-Opal complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RpE	70	2615642	2rmj2	sd053	1982	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SoE	14195	2739009	2v670	sd055	1992	1:24000
Wendte, channeled-Sansarc complex, 0 to 60 percent slopes	WsE	5148	354168	cwjs	sd055	1992	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R511E	2517	2649234	2r97y	sd055	1992	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	LtD	1105	352643	2v670	sd059	1959	1:20000
Sansarc-Lakoma clays, 9 to 40 percent slopes	ScE	10786	353330	cvnr	sd065	1970	1:20000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	Sd	7136	353331	2wfqc	sd065	1970	1:20000
Sansarc-Gettys complex, 9 to 34 percent slopes	SaE	2722	353329	cvnq	sd065	1970	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SbF	10590	353847	2v670	sd069	1992	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OuD	7257	353831	2v671	sd069	1992	1:20000
Gettys-Sansarc complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	GfF	2961	353796	cw4s	sd069	1992	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RsF	2426	353846	2ynv1	sd069	1992	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SoE	23505	2739010	2v670	sd075	1991	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R511E	7948	2649235	2r97y	sd075	1991	1:24000
Sansarc-Vivian complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	SvE	3120	353680	cw11	sd075	1991	1:24000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	SrE	1608	353679	2wfqc	sd075	1991	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SbE	135759	2739011	2v670	sd085	1984	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OnD	104983	355603	2v671	sd085	1984	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal-Promise clays, 6 to 35 percent slopes	SpE	36853	2615644	2rmj4	sd085	1984	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc-Opal complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RpE	24818	2615646	2rmj2	sd085	1984	1:20000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	ScE	9748	355620	2wfqc	sd085	1984	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RsF	6051	355617	2ynv1	sd085	1984	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal-Schamber complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	SoE	3096	2615643	2rmj5	sd085	1984	1:20000
Sansarc-Schamber complex, 9 to 35 percent slopes	SeE	586	355621	2wfq9	sd085	1984	1:20000
Sansarc-Schamber complex, 9 to 35 percent slopes	SnE	26727	353438	2wfq9	sd095	1971	1:20000
Schamber-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	SwF	9938	353445	2zk3x	sd095	1971	1:20000
Sansarc-Manter complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	SmE	6674	353437	cvs6	sd095	1971	1:20000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	Ss	5257	353439	2wfqc	sd095	1971	1:20000
Manter-Sansarc complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	McE	2475	353396	cvqw	sd095	1971	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	S502E	1362	2615648	2v670	sd095	1971	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc-Opal complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RpE	308	2615649	2rmj2	sd095	1971	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SbE	17291	355372	2v670	sd107	1983	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsD	7154	355357	2v671	sd107	1983	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R510E	157	2482452	2v674	sd107	1983	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SoE	171942	2739013	2v670	sd117	1977	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R511E	149440	2649237	2r97y	sd117	1977	1:24000
Sansarc-Badland complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	Sd	50931	353514	2wfqc	sd117	1977	1:24000
Chantier-Sansarc clays, 3 to 15 percent slopes	CsD	24624	353469	2yntf	sd117	1977	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RsF	6791	353510	2ynv1	sd117	1977	1:24000
Sully-Sansarc complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SvE	990	353521	cvvx	sd117	1977	1:24000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsD	643	1015963	2v671	sd117	1977	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R510E	11047	2739020	2v674	sd119	1967	1:20000
Boyd-Sansarc clays, 6 to 19 percent slopes	BsD	2133	352979	cv9f	sd121	1967	1:31680
Sansarc-Boyd clays, 15 to 35 percent slopes	SbE	838	353034	2ynv5	sd121	1967	1:31680
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	S502E	40820	2615651	2v670	sd123	1975	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsE	6546	354424	2v671	sd123	1975	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc-Opal complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RpE	1410	2615650	2rmj2	sd123	1975	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SaE	17503	354525	2v670	sd129	1975	1:20000
Opal-Sansarc clays, 6 to 15% slopes	OsD	14696	354515	2v671	sd129	1975	1:20000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	R507E	74745	2649230	2v670	sd137	1985	1:24000
Sansarc-Dupree, acid, clays, 6 to 25 percent slopes	R511E	35	2649232	2r97y	sd137	1985	1:24000
Sansarc-Opal clays, 9 to 25 percent slopes	SaE	52167	2739016	2v670	sd603	1983	1:20000
Chantier-Sansarc clays, 3 to 15 percent slopes	CsD	17325	355492	2yntf	sd603	1983	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Sansarc complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	RsF	7716	355542	2ynv1	sd603	1983	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SANSARC 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).