Soil Data Explorer - SHEPPARD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHEPPARD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHEPPARD, 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 SHEPPARD 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
35	82P0887	82AZ017008	Sheppard	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.5636444,-110.6532059
35	85P0218	84AZ017006	SHEPPARD	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.0525017,-110.2561111
35	85P0223	84AZ017011	SHEPPARD	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.0947227,-110.5127792
35	40A3579	S1965AZ001013	Sheppard	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.8500557,-109.2539902

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SHEPPARD 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 SHEPPARD series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHEPPARD 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the SHEPPARD 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SHEPPARD share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHEPPARD 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the SHEPPARD 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SHEPPARD, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing SHEPPARD 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
Sheppard fine sand, 1 to 7 percent slopes	55	2143	52565	1rpn	az625	1992	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 1 to 4 percent slopes, gullied	56	2064	52567	1rpq	az625	1992	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	45	11917	54132	1tb6	az629	1985	1:24000
Needle-Sheppard complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	31	5378	54103	1t98	az629	1985	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes	44	2179	54131	1tb5	az629	1985	1:24000
Sheppard-Grieta complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	60	46825	54236	1tfk	az633	1994	1:24000
Sheppard loamy sand, 1 to 12 percent slopes	61	11150	54237	1tfl	az633	1994	1:24000
Palma-Sheppard association, undulating	PSB	138450	1718527	1vp8c	az635	1968	1:31680
Sheppard loamy sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes	SMB	25480	1718535	1vp8m	az635	1968	1:31680
Sheppard-Monue complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	51	175498	59063	2rqpt	az707	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Rock outcrop-Sheppard, moderately deep complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	53	101458	59039	2rqpl	az707	2011	1:24000
Shorthair-Rock outcrop-Sheppard complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	57	62358	1482263	2rqr5	az707	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Moenkopie-Needle complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes	50	47809	59067	2rqpv	az707	2011	1:24000
Moffat-Sheppard complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	34	7161	59073	2rqpy	az707	2011	1:24000
Needle-Rock outcrop-Sheppard complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	36	4805	59045	2rqpn	az707	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Psammaquents-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	52	4406	59042	2rqpm	az707	2011	1:24000
Denazar-Sheppard-Lithic Torriorthents complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	9	148935	1726388	2v1c0	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard-Needle-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	52	126424	1613201	2rqs8	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard-Massadona-Monue complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	51	77528	1672466	2sdvp	az711	2008	1:24000
Marcou-Sheppard-Typic Natrargids complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	19	11829	1897369	2sdwb	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard-Typic Haplargids complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	54	11127	1895771	2sdw7	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard-Sheppard, gypsic substratum complex, 2 to 11 percent slopes	53	10688	2379096	2sdx0	az711	2008	1:24000
Marcou-Sheppard complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	18	8710	1897368	2sdw9	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	50	8563	1613200	2rqs7	az711	2008	1:24000
Typic Haplocambids-Sheppard-Needle complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	58	7410	1910177	2sdwg	az711	2008	1:24000
Sheppard fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes	49	5759	1613199	2rqs6	az711	2008	1:24000
Needle-Sheppard complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	31	4478	1613197	2rqs4	az711	2008	1:24000
Tsaya family-Sheppard, moderately deep-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 19 percent slopes	57	2614	1914846	2sdwh	az711	2008	1:24000
Urban land-Sheppard-Typic Torriorthents complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	63	1644	1613609	2sdvm	az711	2008	1:24000
Riverwash-Sheppard complex, 0 to 24 percent slopes	40	991	2247653	2sdws	az711	2008	1:24000
Sanfeco-Sheppard complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	47	148	1678272	2sdvq	az711	2008	1:24000
Monue-Sheppard-Nakai complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	32	96118	2408417	2sdx9	az713	2011	1:24000
Monue-Redhouse-Sheppard complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	31	51558	2483698	2sdxv	az713	2011	1:24000
Denazar-Sheppard-Lithic Torriorthents complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	17	19476	2398236	2v1c0	az713	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Aneth-Marcou complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	46	17549	2422496	2sdxc	az713	2011	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Sheppard-Needle complex, 0 to 65 percent slopes	44	15312	2408415	2sdx7	az713	2011	1:24000
Aneth-Naha-Sheppard family complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	2	12937	2484608	2sdy1	az713	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Needle-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	47	6983	2398239	2sdx6	az713	2011	1:24000
Sheppard-Monue complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	32	259719	54722	1ty7	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard loamy sand, 1 to 15 percent slopes MLRA 35	31	104580	54721	2rqpf	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard sand, 1 to 12 percent slopes	29	11785	54717	1ty2	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard-Torriorthents complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	34	9215	54726	1tyc	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard-Nakai complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	33	6475	54724	1ty9	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard sand, sodic, 1 to 8 percent slopes	30	5615	54720	1ty5	az714	1985	1:24000
Sheppard-Monue complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	107	48107	58038	2qsz0	az715	2007	1:24000
Sheppard-Grieta family complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	106	2929	1650654	2sflz	az715	2007	1:24000
Sheppard loamy sand, 1 to 15 percent slopes MLRA 35	105	890	57979	2rqpf	az715	2007	1:24000
Sheppard fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	96	754	59543	1zyr	co670	2005	1:24000
Sheppard fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	122	927	57570	1xx3	co671	1997	1:24000
Moffat-Sheppard-Pennell complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	76	5063	506767	k0bb	co680	1970	1:31680
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	130	616	506680	k07j	co680	1970	1:31680
Willwood-Sheppard, cool complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	210	6303	497181	jpc3	co686	1992	1:31680
Sheppard-Huerfano-Notal complex, gently sloping	SC	180015	56620	1wxg	nm618	1978	1:63360
Fruitland-Persayo-Sheppard complex, hilly	FX	177365	56598	1wwr	nm618	1978	1:63360
Doak-Sheppard-Shiprock association, rolling	DS	153135	56588	1wwf	nm618	1978	1:63360
Sheppard-Mayqueen-Shiprock complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	Sd	107312	56625	1wxm	nm618	1978	1:63360
Avalon-Sheppard-Shiprock association, gently sloping	AZ	16664	56570	1wvv	nm618	1978	1:63360
Sheppard-Badland complex, very steep	SB	4856	56619	1wxf	nm618	1978	1:63360
Grieta-Sheppard loamy fine sands, 2 to 9 percent slopes	145	23425	56308	1wld	nm656	1987	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	191	23005	56344	1wmk	nm656	1987	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	183	8866	56341	1wmg	nm656	1987	1:24000
Sheppard-Shiprock association, 1 to 12 percent slopes	426	17428	56896	1x6c	nm682	1985	1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes, hummocky	507	28544	57437	1xrt	nm717	1993	1:24000
Sandbench-Sheppard fine sands, 1 to 8 percent slopes	521	18509	57451	1xs8	nm717	1993	1:24000
Tohatin-Sheppard loamy fine sands, 5 to 35 percent slopes	518	6806	57448	1xs5	nm717	1993	1:24000
Nakai-Sheppard complex	43	10281	504538	jy0f	ut624	1985	1:24000
Sheppard fine sand, 2 to 10 percent slopes	66	1508	504563	jy17	ut624	1985	1:24000
Moffat-Sheppard-Pennell complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	676	60	2990975	k0bb	ut624	1985	1:24000
Moffat family-Sheppard family-Typic Haplogypsids complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	4123	76856	3193873	2z93b	ut625		1:24000
Boreham-Sheppard families complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes	4131	2131	3193895	2z941	ut625		1:24000
Nakoy-Sheppard complex, 1 to 25 percent slopes	3115	466	3193893	2z93z	ut625		1:24000
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	99	33942	55232	1vgp	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	98	18014	55231	1vgn	ut631	1982	1:24000
Moffat-Sheppard complex	62	14856	55192	1vfd	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Moenkopie, warm complex	103	6816	55114	1vbw	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Rock outcrop complex	105	4800	55116	1vby	ut631	1982	1:24000
Trachute-Sheppard complex	113	4470	55125	1vc7	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Goblin complex	100	4264	55111	1vbs	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Pennell-Rock outcrop complex	104	3103	55115	1vbx	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Moenkopie complex	102	2125	55113	1vbv	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Leebench complex	101	1681	55112	1vbt	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	80	5042	55405	1vn8	ut633	1983	1:24000
Arches-Sheppard-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	1	4238	55322	1vkl	ut633	1983	1:24000
Piute-Sheppard-Rock outcrop association	40	29911	55465	1vq6	ut638	1985	1:24000
Nakai-Moffat-Sheppard association	37	16324	55461	1vq2	ut638	1985	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Piute-Sheppard complex	54	12947	55429	1vp1	ut638	1985	1:24000
Bankard family-Sheppard complex	4	3470	55464	1vq5	ut638	1985	1:24000
Sheppard-Nakai complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	92	12244	2397989	2lh9h	ut642		1:63360
Sheppard-Monue-Riverwash complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	93	2659	2397990	2lh9j	ut642		1:63360
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	89	2438	2397995	2lh9p	ut642		1:63360
Sheppard loamy fine sand, 8 to 35 percent slopes	90	2384	2398004	2lh9z	ut642		1:63360
Sheppard-Bluechief complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	91	1714	2397993	2lh9m	ut642		1:63360
Sheppard fine sand, hummocky	ShD	44020	55312	1vk8	ut643	1976	1:63000
Monue-Sheppard complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	MhD	39950	55289	1vjj	ut643	1976	1:63000
Aneth-Sheppard association, rolling	AUC	32990	55260	1vhl	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sheppard fine sand, rolling	ShE	21310	55313	1vk9	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sogzie-Sheppard association, sloping	SSD	15940	55310	1vk6	ut643	1976	1:63000
Oljeto-Sheppard association, sloping	OJD	12140	55298	1vjt	ut643	1976	1:63000
Pennell-Sheppard-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	108	7814	2883911	2sp8d	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sheppard fine sand, high rainfall, hummocky	SkE	3970	55314	1vkb	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sheppard-McCracken-Moepitz complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	100	2904	2883906	2sp87	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sheppard-Rock outcrop association, hummocky	SME	1620	55309	1vk5	ut643	1976	1:63000
Sheppard-McCracken complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	104	719	2883910	2sp8c	ut643	1976	1:63000
Monue-Sheppard complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	53	1981	2514993	2qdqh	ut685	1990	1:24000
Moffat-Sheppard-Nakai complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	5046	13635	59791	206r	ut686	2004	1:24000
Nakai-Sheppard complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5138	9033	59865	2094	ut686	2004	1:24000
Sheppard-Badland, Carmel and Entrada Formations, complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	5117	8756	59799	2070	ut686	2004	1:24000
Moffat-Pagina-Sheppard complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	5146	5400	59720	204g	ut686	2004	1:24000
Trail-Sheppard complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	5065	690	59827	207x	ut686	2004	1:24000
Sheppard-Tsaya-Bluechief families complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	120	2199	2398606	2lhyd	ut688	2009	1:24000
Needle-Sheppard complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes, very rocky	17	17350	2230086	2dvl8	ut689		1:24000
Sheppard-Tsaya-Bluechief families complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	38	4910	2453031	2nbl1	ut689		1:24000
Sheppard sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	37	4215	2230088	2dvlb	ut689		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHEPPARD 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 2024-10-30).