Soil Data Explorer - STARMAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the STARMAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of STARMAN, 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 STARMAN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 STARMAN 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 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills 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 STARMAN, 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. CO-2011-05-31-02 | Rio Blanco Area - 1982

   Typical pattern of soils in general map unit 11 (Soil Survey of Rio Blanco Area, Colorado; 1982).

2. CO-2012-05-09-07 | Rio Blanco County Area - May 1982

   Typical pattern of soils in general map unit 11 (Soil Survey of Rio Blanco County Area, Colorado; May 1982).

Map Units

Map units containing STARMAN 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
Starley-Starman very channery loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes	100	2364	497929	jq47	co655	1984	1:24000
Irigul-Starman channery loams, 5 to 35 percent slopes	50	3526	496713	jnw0	co682	1986	1:24000
Irigul-Starman channery loams, 5 to 50 percent slopes	38	4700	496779	jny4	co683	1977	1:24000
Starman-Vandamore complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	87	13912	497042	jp6m	co685	1979	1:24000
Rubble land-Midfork-Starman association	39	6112	1949754	23fw9	id758	1998	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Sheege-Starman association	35	2331	1949751	23fw6	id758	1998	1:24000
Starman-Owlcan association	46-A	53	1949755	23fwb	id758	1998	1:24000
Rubble land-Rock outcrop-Starman family, very rubbly, complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes	5100G	827	2995244	2r88c	mt027	1979	1:24000
Rubble land-Rock outcrop-Starman family, very rubbly, complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes	5100G	82	3039666	2r88c	mt602	1963	1:20000
Garlet, very stony-Broad Canyon, very stony-Starman, extremely stony families, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	6312F	575	3094101	2tymh	mt630	1991	1:24000
Starman, extremely stony-Rock outcrop-Garlet, very rubbly families, complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	6310G	439	3094099	2tym9	mt630	1991	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman, family, very rubbly-Rubble land, complex, 4 to 30 percent slopes	6311E	25	3094103	2tymr	mt630	1991	1:24000
Starman, extremely stony-Rock outcrop-Garlet, very rubbly families, complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	6310G	18044	2826834	2tym9	mt632		1:24000
Rubble land-Rock outcrop-Starman family, very rubbly, complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes	5100G	10752	2609832	2r88c	mt632		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman, very rubbly-Oorang, very rubbly families, complex, 45 to 70 percent slopes	6414G	10233	2826832	2tym7	mt632		1:24000
Garlet, very stony-Broad Canyon, very stony-Starman, extremely stony families, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	6312F	7753	2826840	2tymh	mt632		1:24000
Helmville, extremely stony-Starman, very rubbly-Lingshire, stony families, complex, 4 to 50 percent slopes	6315F	7047	2826842	2tymk	mt632		1:24000
Ouselfal, very stony-Garlet, very rubbly-Starman, rubbly families, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, landslides	6314F	4295	2826838	2tymf	mt632		1:24000
Starman, rubbly-Garlet, extremely bouldery families-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	6414F	2883	2826844	2tymm	mt632		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman, family, very rubbly-Rubble land, complex, 4 to 30 percent slopes	6311E	1735	2826847	2tymr	mt632		1:24000
Helmville, extremely stony-Starman, very rubbly-Lingshire, stony families, complex, 4 to 50 percent slopes	6315F	15	3094129	2tymk	mt657	1990	1:24000
Amesmont-Vandamore-Starman families complex, 40 to 80 percent slopes	208	3240	512423	k66s	ut646		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman complex, 6 to 45 percent slopes	63	27109	152110	538s	wy043	1976	1:24000
Starley-Starman extremely gravelly-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 60 percent slopes -- Draft	806	10000	152265	53fs	wy603		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	403	8000	152196	53ck	wy603		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman complex, 6 to 45 percent slopes	63	5	816479	wdm1	wy619	1971	1:24000
Cundick-Starman complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, stony	569		3005440	2x7fp	wy630		1:24000
Cundick-Lymanson-Starman complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	510	15877	2455479	2nf40	wy630		1:24000
Shineberger-Starman complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	552	9093	2828430	2tz4b	wy630		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman variant association, 10 to 70 percent slopes	243	1393	360733	d3ck	wy633	1987	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman association, 15 to 45 percent slopes	242	528	360989	d3mt	wy633	1987	1:24000
Vertic Haplocryalfs-Sudduth family-Starman family, complex, 0 to 60 percent slopes	205	42	2554761	533s	wy635		1:24000
Woosley-Decross-Starman complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	221	25148	637780	pdnk	wy647		1:24000
Starman-Rock outcrop-Woosley complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	300	25079	637537	pddq	wy647		1:24000
Starman-Cloud Peak-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	106	19082	157593	58zn	wy647		1:24000
Sawcreek-Starman-Indart complex, 4 to 60 percent slopes	122	1884	157601	58zx	wy647		1:24000
Farlow-Nathrop-Starman complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	173	123	733699	smgq	wy647		1:24000
Starman-Starley association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	39	32321	158050	59gd	wy650	1982	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Starman association, 5 to 70 percent slopes	34	4401	158045	59g7	wy650	1982	1:24000
Surdal-Starman-Spearhead families, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	220	2406	157791	5961	wy656	2008	1:24000
Woosley-Decross-Starman association, 2 to 20 percent slopes	221D	1228	157938	59bs	wy656	2008	1:24000
Farlow family-Nathrop family-Starman complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	173D	1198	1884372	217v6	wy656	2008	1:24000
Starman-Rock outcrop-Woosley complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	209D	443	157935	59bp	wy656	2008	1:24000
Starman-Midfork families, complex, 40 to 90 percent slopes	266	16843	151981	534m	wy663	2012	1:24000
Vertic Haplocryalfs-Sudduth family-Starman family, complex, 0 to 60 percent slopes	205	9683	151955	533s	wy663	2012	1:24000
Starman-Kamack families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes -- draft	435	3075	152043	536m	wy663	2012	1:24000
Lymanson-Starman, extremely stony-Billycanyon, very stony, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	6510	328	3083311	2wdjn	wy663	2012	1:24000
Rubble land-Midfork-Starman association *	39	13201	153288	54hs	wy666	1978	1:24000
Starman-Owlcan association *	46	10774	153296	54j1	wy666	1978	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Sheege-Starman association *	35	4673	153284	54hn	wy666	1978	1:24000
Starman-Rock outcrop-Woosley complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	77	194	1901755	21txy	wy677	1975	1:24000
Starman-Rock outcrop-Woosley complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	209	12573	503085	jwhk	wy713	1986	1:24000
Woosley-Decross-Starman association, rolling	221	8098	503100	jwj1	wy713	1986	1:24000
Midelight variant-Winada variant-Starman gravelly loams, steep	173	4275	503038	jwg1	wy713	1986	1:24000
Lymanson-Starman, extremely stony-Billycanyon, very stony, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	6510		2925140	2wdjn	wy723		1:24000
Starman-Kamack families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes -- draft	435	7	2612003	536m	wy723		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the STARMAN 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).