Soil Data Explorer - SHANAHAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHANAHAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHANAHAN, 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 SHANAHAN 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
6	86P0484	86OR017100	Shanahan	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.875,-121.4166641
6	87P0518	87OR017004	Shanahan	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.875,-121.4166641
6	72C0046	S1972OR035001	Shanahan	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.648613,-121.8824997
6	72C0047	S1972OR035002	Shanahan	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.601387,-121.8752747
6	93P0769	S1993OR017001	Shanahan	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8252792,-121.4441681
6	93P0770	S1993OR017002	Shanahan	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8294449,-121.4811096

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN 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 SHANAHAN, 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 SHANAHAN 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
Shanahan loamy coarse sand, low, 0 to 3 percent slopes	115A	32685	63407	23zd	or620	1992	1:24000
Shanahan loamy coarse sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes	114C	19125	63404	23z9	or620	1992	1:24000
Shanahan loamy coarse sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	114D	1133	63405	23zb	or620	1992	1:24000
Shanahan-Shukash complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	588	14388	1690088	1tqnz	or635	2006	1:24000
Shukash-Shanahan complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	596	1732	1690096	1tqp7	or635	2006	1:24000
Shanahan ashy loamy coarse sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes	696	1189	1690195	1tqsf	or635	2006	1:24000
Shanahan paragravelly ashy loamy coarse sand, cool, 0 to 1 percent slopes	586	1057	1690086	1tqnx	or635	2006	1:24000
Shanahan paragravelly ashy loamy coarse sand, low landscape position, 0 to 1 percent slopes	587	754	1690087	1tqny	or635	2006	1:24000
Shanahan gravelly loamy coarse sand, 12 to 45 percent south slopes	72E	7404	488821	jdnf	or640	1977	1:20000
Shanahan gravelly loamy coarse sand, 1 to 12 percent slopes	71B	6477	488819	jdnc	or640	1977	1:20000
Shanahan gravelly loamy coarse sand, 12 to 45 percent north slopes	71E	4130	488820	jdnd	or640	1977	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHANAHAN 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).