Soil Data Explorer - SONSAC

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SONSAC soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SONSAC, 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 SONSAC 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
115B	M9109920	1991MO099048	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672644,-92.3451678
115B	M9301917	1993MO019017	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672203,-92.3450012
115B	M9505142	1995MO051079	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.4314156,-92.2928473
115B	M9505160	1995MO051099	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.4862477,-92.3964328
115B	M9505161	1995MO051100	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.4863135,-92.3917313
115B	M9505162	1995MO051101	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.474877,-92.3934324
115B	M9705109	1997MO051115	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.4313818,-92.3998687
115B	M0022103	2000MO221262	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672222,-92.345
115B	M0713519	2007MO135019	SONSAC	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.6357222,-92.51325
116A	M8916734	1988MO167034	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.7664278,-93.2295778
116A	M9120924	1991MO209049	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.7852111,-93.3631222
116A	M9120954	1991MO209081	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5535944,-93.5424389
116A	M9209941	1992MO099130	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.2283883,-90.4895514
116A	M9209942	1992MO099132	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.2286661,-90.4887181
116A	M9209943	1992MO099133	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.2289439,-90.4895514
116A	M9409915	1993MO099218	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.2661655,-90.5503867
116A	M9320908	1993MO209209	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6934944,-93.315675
116A	M9320940	1993MO209243	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6344444,-93.3738889
116A	M9320948	1993MO209251	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6433333,-93.375
116A	M9320949	1993MO209252	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6438889,-93.375
116A	M9320952	1993MO209255	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5961111,-93.3686111
116A	M9320958	1993MO209261	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5963889,-93.3680556
116A	M9320961	1993MO209264	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6823028,-93.4111583
116A	M9561349	1995MO203049M	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1497639,-91.1360611
116A	M9320941	1995MO209244	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6513889,-93.3741667
116A	M9320942	1995MO209245	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6452778,-93.3763889
116A	M9320945	1995MO209248	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6442694,-93.3759083
116A	M9522109	1995MO221009	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.0020024,-91.0523467
116A	M9522114	1995MO221014	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9928358,-91.0459576
116A	M9715306	1996MO153161	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.7979806,-92.6478583
116A	M9705542	1997MO055042	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8614628,-91.1976528
116A	M9761386	1997MO203086M	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3034639,-91.4060361
116A	M9722106	1997MO221055	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8801842,-90.869919
116A	M9861365	1998MO203065M	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1206611,-91.170025
116A	M9822131	1998MO221158	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.1636712,-91.1003513
116A	M9822152	1998MO221185	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.1046456,-90.9632028
116A	M9822160	1998MO221187	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.1043402,-90.9637815
116A	M9911907	1999MO119195	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6004917,-94.2494528
116A	M9911909	1999MO119197	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6003952,-94.2494659
116A	M9961316	1999MO203016M	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1095889,-91.1123583
116A	M9961364	1999MO203064M	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1320472,-91.2360528
116A	M0022101	2000MO221256	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.1724972,-90.9407111
116A	M0211902	2002MO119252	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.6281242,-94.3148422
116B	M9005785	1990MO057085	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3539,-93.8405111
116B	M9105785	1991MO057085	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3711278,-93.8586833
116B	M9205718	1992MO057018	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.5102333,-93.8089389
116B	M9205724	1992MO057024	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.5126556,-93.8144528
116B	M9205738	1992MO057038	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4757611,-93.8480028
116B	M9205739	1992MO057039	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4754056,-93.8476611
116B	M9305705	1993MO057008	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4969444,-93.7502778
116B	M9305713	1993MO057022	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.473,-93.8046583
116B	M9503905	1995MO039039	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.6206276,-93.7289092
116B	M9603911	1995MO039079	Sonsac	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.6041823,-93.8111784

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SONSAC 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 SONSAC series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SONSAC 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 SONSAC 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 SONSAC share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SONSAC 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 SONSAC 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 mountains figure.

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 SONSAC, 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 SONSAC 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
Sonsac flaggy silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes	658F	4582	184110	65l1	il133	1998	1:12000
Hailey-Sonsac complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	73353	1229	2536096	2qpxy	mo009	1990	1:24000
Sonsac-Gobbler complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	70036	319	2534036	2qpc1	mo009	1990	1:24000
Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	73128	102	2534837	2qpj0	mo009	1990	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	70043	13448	2534054	2qpc4	mo039	2001	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky	70044	11038	2534059	2qpc5	mo039	2001	1:24000
Alred-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	73282	34367	2502288	2vxrl	mo055	2003	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	6127	2502278	2vxrj	mo055	2003	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	73200	1932	2501749	2vxqw	mo055	2003	1:24000
Useful-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	73287	682	2502306	2q1qx	mo055	2003	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	70043	15969	2534053	2qpc4	mo057	1996	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky	70044	9035	2534058	2qpc5	mo057	1996	1:24000
Alred-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	73282	266	2502289	2vxrl	mo065	1971	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	44	2502279	2vxrj	mo065	1971	1:24000
Alred-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	73282	1118	2502290	2vxrl	mo071	1986	1:24000
Rueter-Sonsac complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, extremely stony	73203	267	2501763	2vxqz	mo071	1986	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	216	2501755	2vxqx	mo071	1986	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	171	2502280	2vxrj	mo071	1986	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	73200	21	2501750	2vxqw	mo071	1986	1:24000
Useful-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	73287	4	2502307	2q1qx	mo071	1986	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky	70044	205	2534060	2qpc5	mo077	1979	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	70043	103	2534056	2qpc4	mo077	1979	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	9	2502281	2vxrj	mo093	1988	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	3	2501756	2vxqx	mo093	1988	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	78248	2501757	2vxqx	mo099	2000	1:24000
Rueter-Sonsac complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, extremely stony	73203	8112	2501764	2vxqz	mo099	2000	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	73200	2902	2501751	2vxqw	mo099	2000	1:24000
Useful-Sonsac complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	73217	2553	574236	m8jr	mo099	2000	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	70043	76	2534057	2qpc4	mo109	1979	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky	70044	21	2534061	2qpc5	mo109	1979	1:24000
Hailey-Sonsac complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	73353	37280	2536097	2qpxy	mo119	2004	1:24000
Sonsac-Rueter complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rocky	73351	1191	808574	w4d1	mo119	2004	1:24000
Hailey-Sonsac complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	73353	28	2536095	2qpxy	mo145	1984	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	70043	125	2534055	2qpc4	mo185	1984	1:24000
Rueter-Sonsac complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, extremely stony	73203	1263	2501766	2vxqz	mo186	1982	1:24000
Rueter-Sonsac complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, extremely stony	73203	839	2501765	2vxqz	mo187	1979	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	136	2501758	2vxqx	mo187	1979	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	19	2502282	2vxrj	mo187	1979	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	73200	16	2501752	2vxqw	mo187	1979	1:24000
Alred-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	73282	12	2502291	2vxrl	mo187	1979	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	19	2501754	2vxqx	mo189	1979	1:24000
Sonsac-Gobbler complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	70036	19641	2534037	2qpc1	mo209	1998	1:24000
Sonsac-Gobbler complex, 15 to 20 percent slopes	70035	6753	889813	yvxn	mo209	1998	1:24000
Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	73128	4950	2534836	2qpj0	mo209	1998	1:24000
Sonsac-Rueter complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	70037	3319	889818	yvxt	mo209	1998	1:24000
Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73127	2305	2534835	2qphz	mo209	1998	1:24000
Sonsac-Gobbler complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	70036	578	2534035	2qpc1	mo213	1990	1:24000
Gobbler-Sonsac complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73127	128	2534834	2qphz	mo213	1990	1:24000
Alred-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	73282	91200	2502292	2vxrl	mo221	2003	1:24000
Sonsac-Moko-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stony	73279	16523	2502283	2vxrj	mo221	2003	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	73201	10557	2501759	2vxqx	mo221	2003	1:24000
Sonsac gravelly silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	73200	8819	2501753	2vxqw	mo221	2003	1:24000
Useful-Sonsac complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	73287	1352	2502308	2q1qx	mo221	2003	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SONSAC 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).