Soil Data Explorer - SKYVILLAGE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SKYVILLAGE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SKYVILLAGE, 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 SKYVILLAGE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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 SKYVILLAGE 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SKYVILLAGE, 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. NM-2010-09-13-01 | Chaco Canyon National Park -

   (Soil Survey of Chaco Canyon National Park, New Mexico)

2. NM-2010-09-13-03 | McKinley County -

   Idealized cross section illustrating soil-geomorphic-geologic relationships of soils on the Zuni Indian Reservation (Soil Survey of McKinley County, New Mexico).

3. NM-2012-02-14-06 | Jicarilla Apache Nation, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties - 2004

   Conceptual diagram of the major soil and landscape positions of the Largo Plains-Tapicito Plateau transition (Soil Survey of Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties; 2004).

Map Units

Map units containing SKYVILLAGE 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
Skyvillage-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	110	20417	57985	2qsxf	az715	2007	1:24000
Betonnie-Bond families-Skyvillage complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	14	14367	58115	2sflh	az715	2007	1:24000
Skyvillage-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	109	5	1650665	2sfm8	az715	2007	1:24000
Zia-Skyvillage-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	190	333	3043849	1wmj	nm606	1965	1:24000
Zia-Skyvillage-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	190	64749	56343	1wmj	nm656	1987	1:24000
Skyvillage-Sandoval-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	230	20241	56365	1wn7	nm656	1987	1:24000
Skyvillage-Ildefonso association, 8 to 40 percent slopes	64	3604	56455	1wr4	nm656	1987	1:24000
Skyvillage-Rock outcrop-Bond complex, 3 to 40 percent slopes	251	32156	56865	1x5c	nm682	1985	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Skyvillage complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	518	5350	622225	nwgs	nm687	2008	1:24000
Hospah-Skyvillage-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes	250	94605	57237	1xkc	nm692	2001	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Westmion-Skyvillage complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes	290	79242	57243	1xkk	nm692	2001	1:24000
Marianolake-Skyvillage complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	210	72901	57228	1xk2	nm692	2001	1:24000
Skyvillage-Eslendo-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 35 percent slopes	220	7521	57491	1xtk	nm698	2000	1:24000
Skyvillage-Mikim-Badland, Kaiparowits Formation, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5127	42220	59793	206t	ut686	2004	1:24000
Daklos, saline-Skyvillage, saline-Cannonville complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	5098	27727	59726	204n	ut686	2004	1:24000
Skyvillage-Rock outcrop, Wahweap Formation, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5129	19018	59858	208x	ut686	2004	1:24000
Skyvillage-Daklos, saline-Rock outcrop, Wahweap Formation, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5097	7825	59727	204p	ut686	2004	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SKYVILLAGE 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).