Soil Data Explorer - SPRINGMEYER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SPRINGMEYER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SPRINGMEYER, 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 SPRINGMEYER 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SPRINGMEYER, 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 SPRINGMEYER 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
Springmeyer sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	365	4646	487716	jchs	ca608	2000	1:24000
Termo-Springmeyer-Smocreek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	381	2531	487741	jcjl	ca608	2000	1:24000
Springmeyer sandy clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	366	1297	487717	jcht	ca608	2000	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes	690	133	1609588	1r0x6	ca686	2010	1:24000
Springmeyer loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	691	90	1609589	1r0x7	ca686	2010	1:24000
Springmeyer stony fine sandy loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	692	10	1609590	1r0x8	ca686	2010	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	670	371	1015021	1326m	ca729	2006	1:24000
Springmeyer-Cassiro association	671	359	1541790	1nrc5	ca729	2006	1:24000
Springmeyer family, 30 to 60 percent slopes.	170	75	471395	htj9	ca732	1998	1:24000
Springmeyer sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	1021	1075	473868	hx32	nv625	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer stony loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	591	777	474329	hxky	nv628	1980	1:24000
Springmeyer sandy clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	595	698	474330	hxkz	nv628	1980	1:24000
Springmeyer stony loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	590	632	474328	hxkx	nv628	1980	1:24000
Springmeyer very stony fine sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	6696	327	2629431	2rbs7	nv629	1975	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	105	120	2462813	2w4f4	nv629	1975	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes	104	5	2629442	2rd71	nv629	1975	1:24000
Leviathan-Springmeyer-Haybourne association	621	4338	477533	j0x9	nv771	1990	1:24000
Springmeyer-Reno association	120	530	479336	j2sg	nv772	1985	1:24000
Devada-Springmeyer association	166	520	2452705	2nb7j	nv772	1985	1:24000
Smocreek-Springmeyer association	291	210	2452711	2nb7q	nv772	1985	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	6693	2343	644531	2w4f4	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer stony fine sandy loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	6696	1410	644532	pmpc	nv773	1981	1:24000
Reno-Phing-Springmeyer association	6607	1130	644523	pmp2	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer very stony fine sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	6700	580	644533	pmpd	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly fine sandy loam, 4 to 15 percent slopes	6692	440	644530	pmp9	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer stony loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	6698	360	2507136	hxky	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	6991	350	644587	pmr4	nv773	1981	1:24000
Updike-Springmeyer association	6773	80	644543	pmpq	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer-Cassiro association	997	20	1697731	1tzmj	nv773	1981	1:24000
Springmeyer gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes	63	4197	482172	j5qy	ut611	1992	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SPRINGMEYER 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).