Soil Data Explorer - SPEAKER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SPEAKER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SPEAKER, 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 SPEAKER 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
15	UCD6445147	64-CA-45-147x	SPEAKER	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.6011848,-122.5701065

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SPEAKER 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 SPEAKER 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 SPEAKER 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 SPEAKER 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SPEAKER 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 SPEAKER 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 SPEAKER 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SPEAKER, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. OR-2012-05-10-14 | Jackson County Area - August 1993

   Typical pattern of soils in the Steinmetz-Lettia and Josephine-Beekman-Speaker general map units (Soil Survey of Jackson County Area, Oregon; August 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing SPEAKER 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
Neuns-Bamtush-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	557	560	461647	hhcv	ca011	1999	1:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	527	59	461642	hhcp	ca011	1999	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	202	35752	459605	hf7z	ca033	1985	1:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	170	20442	459573	hf6y	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Maymen-Marpa association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	225	14596	459628	hf8q	ca033	1985	1:24000
Neuns-Sanhedrin-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	188	14064	459591	hf7j	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Marpa-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	224	9201	459627	hf8p	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Sanhedrin-Maymen association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	229	8640	459632	hf8v	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Maymen-Marpa association, 50 to 75 percent slopes	226	6188	459629	hf8r	ca033	1985	1:24000
Bamtush-Speaker-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	110	5940	459513	hf50	ca033	1985	1:24000
Bamtush-Speaker-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	111	3623	459514	hf51	ca033	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	201	2655	459604	hf7y	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Speaker variant-Sanhedrin association, 5 to 30 percent slopes	230	2327	459633	hf8w	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	228	1776	459631	hf8t	ca033	1985	1:24000
Speaker-Maymen-Millsholm association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	227	1422	459630	hf8s	ca033	1985	1:24000
Neuns-Speaker gravelly loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes	191	1224	459594	hf7m	ca033	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	202l	24	813834	w9vq	ca055	1974	1:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	170l		1607736	1qyzg	ca097	1968	1:20000
Speaker-Marpa-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	224l		1607740	1qyzl	ca097	1968	1:20000
Speaker-Maymen-Marpa association, 50 to 75 percent slopes	226l		1607741	1qyzm	ca097	1968	1:20000
Speaker-Sanhedrin-Maymen association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	229l		1607751	1qyzy	ca097	1968	1:20000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	194	53284	461079	hgsj	ca687	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	195	12356	461080	hgsk	ca687	1985	1:24000
Updegraff-Speaker-Neuns complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	208	11791	461093	hgsz	ca687	1985	1:24000
Asabean-Sanhedrin-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	102	9781	460987	hgpk	ca687	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	193	8204	461078	hgsh	ca687	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Asabean-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	191	5693	461076	hgsf	ca687	1985	1:24000
Updegraff-Speaker-Neuns complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	209	4198	461094	hgt0	ca687	1985	1:24000
Asabean-Speaker-Neuns complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	103	3782	460988	hgpl	ca687	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Asabean-Speaker gravelly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	192	895	461077	hgsg	ca687	1985	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Asabean-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	191em	813	1701143	1v35l	ca701	1984	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Asabean-Speaker gravelly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	192em	699	1701144	1v35m	ca701	1984	1:24000
Asabean-Speaker-Neuns complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	103em	190	1701128	1v353	ca701	1984	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	194em	69	1701145	1v35n	ca701	1984	1:24000
Asabean-Sanhedrin-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	102em	65	1701127	1v352	ca701	1984	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	194me	1305	2747853	hgsj	ca709	2010	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Asabean-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	191me	208	2747851	hgsf	ca709	2010	1:24000
Bamtush-Speaker-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	110la	187	2747866	2q3r6	ca709	2010	1:24000
Bamtush-Speaker-Sanhedrin gravelly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	111la	52	2747867	2q3r7	ca709	2010	1:24000
Asabean-Sanhedrin-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	102me	51	2747828	hgpk	ca709	2010	1:24000
Sanhedrin-Kekawaka-Speaker complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	193me	24	2747852	hgsh	ca709	2010	1:24000
Neuns-Sanhedrin-Speaker gravelly loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	188la	12	2747871	2q3rc	ca709	2010	1:24000
Speaker-Josephine-Beekman complex, 30 to 60 percent south slopes	243F	1641	65266	25xc	or015	1995	1:24000
Josephine-Pollard-Speaker complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	157E	674	65063	25pt	or015	1995	1:24000
Speaker-Josephine gravelly loams, 35 to 55 percent south slopes	72F	87105	469520	hrkt	or033	1979	1:20000
Speaker-Josephine complex, 35 to 55 percent south slopes	179F	12609	469660	hrqb	or632	1989	1:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 35 to 55 percent north slopes	92F	5960	469808	hrw3	or632	1989	1:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 12 to 35 percent south slopes	93E	4235	469809	hrw4	or632	1989	1:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 12 to 35 percent north slopes	92E	1237	469807	hrw2	or632	1989	1:20000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 30 to 60 percent south slopes	117F	60257	66276	26yy	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker loam, 30 to 60 percent south slopes	227F	13842	66622	27b3	or649	1994	1:24000
Josephine-Speaker complex, 30 to 60 percent north slopes	116F	11592	66273	26yv	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker-Nonpareil complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	230F	7012	66631	27bd	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker loam, 30 to 60 percent north slopes	226F	6864	66621	27b2	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker loam, 2 to 20 percent slopes	225D	5488	66617	279y	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes	225E	4660	66619	27b0	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker-Beekman-Josephine complex, 60 to 90 percent north slopes	228G	2964	66624	27b5	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker-Nonpareil complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	230E	2570	66629	27bb	or649	1994	1:24000
Speaker-Beekman-Nonpareil complex, 60 to 90 percent south slopes	229G	1523	66625	27b6	or649	1994	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SPEAKER 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).