Soil Data Explorer - SKYLICK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SKYLICK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SKYLICK, 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 SKYLICK 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
47	70C0032	S1970UT039008	Skylick	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5541649,-111.3416672

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK 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 SKYLICK, 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 SKYLICK 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
Skylick loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes	21	4909	509308	k2z9	co647		1:24000
Northwater-Skylick loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	25	3386	509317	k2zl	co647		1:24000
Callings-Skylick families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	347B	7642	1414967	1jhd3	co654		1:24000
Anvik-Skylick-Sawpit families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	452B	3861	1415030	1jhg4	co654		1:24000
Anvik-Skylick-Sligting association, 25 to 50 percent slopes	AG11	2281	1415075	1jhhl	co654		1:24000
Anvik-Skylick-Sligting association, 10 to 25 percent slopes	AG10	525	1415074	1jhhk	co654		1:24000
Anvik-Skylick-Sligting association, 25 to 50 percent slopes	11	30135	497939	jq4k	co655	1984	1:24000
Anvik-Skylick-Sligting association, 10 to 25 percent slopes	10	15776	497928	jq46	co655	1984	1:24000
Callings-Skylick families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	347B	187	3176955	1jhd3	co661	1968	1:31680
Dromedary, very stony-Skylick complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes	ELE	1193	1424591	1jtdk	ut013		1:24000
Skylick-Hoodle association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	81	11463	481294	j4tm	ut601	1985	1:24000
Skylick sandy loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes	67	5932	504564	jy18	ut624	1985	1:24000
Mortenson-Skylick association, very steep	MKG	4170	482293	j5vv	ut627	1971	1:24000
Skylick silt loam, 30 to 70 percent slopes	SSF	3460	482346	j5xk	ut627	1971	1:24000
Skylick silt loam, 4 to 30 percent slopes	SSD	900	482345	j5xj	ut627	1971	1:24000
Skylick loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	83	10255	55408	1vnc	ut633	1983	1:24000
Skylick-Roundy families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	561C		3312888	30gx2	ut645		1:24000
Lucky Star-Skylick families complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	560		3312884	30gwy	ut645		1:24000
Skylick-Adel-Clayburn families complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	mt48	15918	3314840	30hl3	ut645		1:24000
Deer Creek-Skylick families complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	253B	3360	3312853	30gvx	ut645		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SKYLICK 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).