Soil Data Explorer - SITES

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SITES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SITES, 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 SITES 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
18	UCD5910012	59-CA-10-012	SITES	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.943676,-119.1804276
22A	UCD6658107	66-CA-58-107x	SITES	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5182343,-121.1873169
22A	UCD6705034	67-CA-05-034x	Sites	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3600705,-120.5943912
22A	UCD6758122	67-CA-58-122x	SITES	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4782295,-121.1736755
22A	UCD6758123	67-CA-58-123x	SITES	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4886856,-121.3125916
22A	UCD6758124	67-CA-58-124x	SITES	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4920845,-121.2249908
22A	UCD7204029	72-CA-04-029x	SITES	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.6444359,-121.2074509
22A	UCD7204044	72-CA-04-044x	SITES	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.8735924,-121.5580215
22A	UCD7909001	79-CA-09-001x	Sites	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.7444167,-120.7048333
22A	84P0882	84CA115006	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4888878,-121.2249985
22A	84P0883	84CA115007	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4930573,-121.2180557
22A	84P0886	84CA115010	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5125008,-121.1777802
22A	84P0888	84CA115012	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5027771,-121.1458359
22A	08N0692	S08CA009002	Sites	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.1969452,-120.4175034
22A	40A2931	S1959CA005003	Sites	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3908348,-120.6555557
22A	07N0468	S2007CA009001	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3794708,-120.4417496
22A	10N0463	S2009CKS043	Sites	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3586121,-120.5194473
22A	10N0454	S2009SMM009	Sites	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3624992,-120.4547195
22B	UCD6245138	62-CA-45-138x	Sites	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9832649,-121.9283447
4B	UCD5812006	58-CA-12-006x	SITES	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7709427,-123.7819595
5	UCD5417018	54-CA-17-018x	SITES	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.3143463,-122.9354248
n/a	83P0262	82CA017316	Sites	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SITES 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 SITES 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 SITES 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 SITES 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 SITES 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 SITES 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 SITES 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SITES, 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 SITES 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
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SfF	3495	459871	hfjk	ca097	1968	1:20000
Josephine-Sites loams, 30 to 75 percent slopes	JsG	1156	459789	hffx	ca097	1968	1:20000
Sites loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	SfE	558	459870	hfjj	ca097	1968	1:20000
Sites stony loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	SoD	3831	460136	hft3	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, low ffd	SnD	2180	460133	2x29g	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, low ffd	SnE	1221	460134	2x29j	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites loam, 50 to 70 percent slopes	SnF	1117	460135	hft2	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SpE	1034	460137	hft4	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	SnC	429	460132	hfsz	ca607	1967	1:20000
Kilarc-Sites complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	KsD	270	460040	hfq0	ca607	1967	1:20000
Sites-Jocal taxadjuncts, 15 to 30 percent slopes	881	1686	461351	hh29	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites-Jocal taxadjuncts, 30 to 50 percent slopes	882	1393	461350	hh28	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites-Jocal taxadjuncts, 2 to 15 percent slopes	880	1199	461352	hh2b	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, N low montane	221yu	360	1415356	2w86z	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, N low montane	222yu	248	1406571	2w86v	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites-Jocal taxadjuncts, 50 to 70 percent slopes	883	90	461418	hh4g	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes	225yu	23	1406570	1j6n7	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 15 to 30 percent slopes	227yu	15	1406568	1j6n5	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 8 to 15 percent slopes	226yu	7	1406569	1j6n6	ca612	2005	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, N low montane	222	9455	460529	2w86v	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, N low montane	223	9130	460530	2x29d	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	224	4665	460531	hg6v	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, N low montane	221	3775	460528	2w86z	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites-Jocal complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	230	3160	460537	hg71	ca618	1991	1:24000
Boomer-Pendola-Sites complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	127	3095	460418	hg36	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites-Jocal-Mariposa complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	231	2450	460538	hg72	ca618	1991	1:24000
Boomer-Pendola-Sites complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	128	2415	460420	hg38	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 15 to 30 percent slopes	227	1935	460534	hg6y	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substraum, 30 to 50 percent slopes	228	1885	460535	hg6z	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 8 to 15 percent slopes	226	1460	460533	hg6x	ca618	1991	1:24000
Jocal-Sites-Mariposa complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	180	1295	460487	hg5f	ca618	1991	1:24000
Jocal-Sites-Mariposa complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	181	1225	460488	hg5g	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites loam, cool, 3 to 15 percent slopes	229	660	460536	hg70	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites gravelly loam, bedrock substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes	225	215	460532	hg6w	ca618	1991	1:24000
Sites very stony loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	SmE	10796	460253	hfxw	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, N low montane	SlD	5824	460251	2x29d	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, N low montane	SlC	3711	460250	2w86v	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites very stony loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	SmC	3272	460252	hfxv	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites silt loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, N low montane	SlB	2451	460249	2w86z	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C low montane	188	300	2924904	2x29f	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, C low montane	187	155	2924905	2w86w	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C low montane	186	20	2924906	2w86x	ca619	1970	1:24000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C low montane	188	5150	460352	2x29f	ca620	1975	1:24000
Sites-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	190	3900	460354	hg14	ca620	1975	1:24000
Sites loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, C low montane	187	2525	460351	2w86w	ca620	1975	1:24000
Sites loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C low montane	186	1000	460350	2w86x	ca620	1975	1:24000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, C low montane	189	750	460353	2x29h	ca620	1975	1:24000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C low montane	SkD	5407	462289	2x29f	ca624	1968	1:20000
Boomer-Sites very rocky loams, 9 to 50 percent slopes	BrE	3559	462213	hhz3	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, C low montane	SkC	2789	462288	2w86w	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites clay loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	SsD	2628	462295	hj1r	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	SrE	1912	462292	hj1n	ca624	1968	1:20000
Boomer-Sites loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BpD	1703	462212	hhz2	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, C low montane	SkE	1149	462290	2x29h	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites clay loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes	SsC	1124	462294	hj1q	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites stony loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SoE	782	462291	hj1m	ca624	1968	1:20000
Boomer-Sites loams, 9 to 15 percent slopes	BpC	593	462211	hhz1	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites clay loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SsE	461	462296	hj1s	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 50 to 70 percent slopes	SrF	258	462293	hj1p	ca624	1968	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 16 to 51 percent slopes	SrE	5146	462471	hj7f	ca628	1963	1:20000
Mariposa-Sites complex, 16 to 51 percent slopes	StE	3762	462474	hj7j	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 3 to 16 percent slopes	SrC	2089	462470	hj7d	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, C low montane	SnE	1656	462465	2x29h	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, moderately deep, 16 to 31 percent slopes	SoD	1192	462467	hj79	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, moderately deep, 16 to 51 percent slopes	SsE	1143	462473	hj7h	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites very rocky loam, 51 to 85 percent slopes	SrF	1112	462472	hj7g	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, moderately deep, 3 to 16 percent slopes	SoC	878	462466	hj78	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, moderately deep, 31 to 51 percent slopes	SoE	744	462468	hj7b	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, C low montane	SnC	404	462463	2w86w	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C low montane	SnD	403	462464	2x29f	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C low montane	SnB	181	462462	2w86x	ca628	1963	1:20000
Sites clay loam, moderately deep, 3 to 31 percent slopes, severely eroded	SpD3	148	462469	hj7c	ca628	1963	1:20000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	8161	15088	2220301	2djdm	ca630	2018	1:24000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	8160	5250	1913602	22783	ca630	2018	1:24000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	8161	19	2925006	2djdm	ca649	1967	1:24000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	8160	14	2925005	22783	ca649	1967	1:24000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, low ffd	SnEsh	54	1868460	2x29j	ca707	1983	1:24000
Sites stony loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	SoDsh	27	1868462	20q8z	ca707	1983	1:24000
Sites very rocky loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SpEsh	4	1868678	20qhy	ca707	1983	1:24000
Sites loam, cool, 3 to 15 percent slopes	229yc	57	1546043	1nwsc	ca713	1984	1:24000
Sites loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, low ffd	221yc	4	1546041	2x29j	ca713	1984	1:24000
Jocal-Sites-Mariposa complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	JYE	5728	464711	hlkp	ca719	1982	1:24000
Jocal-Sites-Mariposa complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	JYF	2475	464713	hlkr	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites-Jocal complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	SKE	2254	464794	hlnc	ca719	1982	1:24000
Jocal-Sites-Mariposa complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, altered	JYE5	551	464712	hlkq	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites-Jocal-Mariposa complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SKF	307	464796	hlnf	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites-Jocal complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, altered	SKE5	222	464795	hlnd	ca719	1982	1:24000
Boomer-Boomer variant-Sites complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	BSE	130	464614	hlgk	ca719	1982	1:24000
Boomer-Boomer variant-Sites complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	BSF	33	464615	hlgl	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C low montane	188pc	11	1585952	2x29f	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	190pc	9	1585954	1q79t	ca719	1982	1:24000
Sites loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, C low montane	187pc	8	1585950	2w86w	ca719	1982	1:24000
Jocal-Sites loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes complex	155	794	464905	hlry	ca724	1985	1:24000
Josephine-Sites families complex, moderately deep, 15 t o 35 percent slopes	161	14206	464975	hlv6	ca731	1981	1:24000
Josephine-Sites families association, deep, 5 to 35 per cent slopes	155	7037	465031	hlx0	ca731	1981	1:24000
Josephine-Sites families complex, moderately deep, 35 to 70 percent slopes	162	3012	465037	hlx6	ca731	1981	1:24000
Sites familiy, moderately deep-Deep complex, 5 to 35 pe rcent slopes	189	2385	465063	hly1	ca731	1981	1:24000
Sites family, deep, 5 to 35 percent slopes	188	2309	465062	hly0	ca731	1981	1:24000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	8161	1377	3115233	2djdm	ca731	1981	1:24000
Josephine-Sites families association, deep 35 to 50 per cent slopes	156	795	465032	hlx1	ca731	1981	1:24000
Nedsgulch-Sites complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	8160	73	3115232	22783	ca731	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SITES 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).