Soil Data Explorer - SUPERVISOR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SUPERVISOR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SUPERVISOR, 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR 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 SUPERVISOR, 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-2012-02-15-06 | Zuni Mountain Area - July 1967

   Typical section of soils in the southern part of the Zuni Mountains, between Zuni Canyon and the Ice Cave area (Soil Survey of Zuni Mountain Area, New Mexico; July 1967).

Map Units

Map units containing SUPERVISOR 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
Supervisor-Cheadle families-Rock outcrop association, 15 to 35 percent slopes.	269	5408	470582	hsp2	ca703	1983	1:24000
Supervisor-Cheadle families-Rock outcrop association, 35 to 60 percent slopes.	270	5180	470583	hsp3	ca703	1983	1:24000
Behanin deep-Supervisor families complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes.	126	1550	470445	hsjn	ca703	1983	1:24000
Supervisor-Cheadle families association, 60 to 90 percent slopes.	271	1240	470584	hsp4	ca703	1983	1:24000
Gralic-Supervisor families complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes.	217	1009	470532	hsmg	ca703	1983	1:24000
Gralic-supervisor families complex, 10 to 35 percent slopes.	216	995	470531	hsmf	ca703	1983	1:24000
Supervisor-Bartine families association, 30 to 70 percent slopes.	166	13013	471582	htqb	ca763	1984	1:24000
Supervisor family-Rock outcrop, metasedimentary complex, 30to 60 percent slopes.	170	6836	471586	htqg	ca763	1984	1:24000
Supervisor family-Rock oucrop, granitic-Pergelic Cryoborolls association, 60 to 80 percent slopes.	168	5294	471584	htqd	ca763	1984	1:24000
Supervisor family-Rock outcrop, limestone-Bartine family association, 15 to 60 percent slopes.	167	3593	471583	htqc	ca763	1984	1:24000
Supervisor family-Rock outcrop, metasedimentary complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes.	169	3276	471585	htqf	ca763	1984	1:24000
Supervisor-Passar-Howlett families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	3502B	5007	762967	tlxv	co645		1:24000
Supervisor family, 5 to 40 percent slopes	4503B	3202	762974	tly2	co645		1:24000
Supervisor loam, 25 to 70 percent slopes	SuF	3195	509786	k3gq	co661	1968	1:31680
Supervisor loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes	SuE	366	509785	k3gp	co661	1968	1:31680
Supervisor-Cebone families complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	29	16371	510593	k49r	co676	1983	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Supervisor complex, very steep	RK	1511	56682	1wzg	nm636	1970	1:31680
Supervisor very stony sandy loam, 12 to 55 percent slopes	SU	1133	56648	1wyc	nm636	1970	1:31680
Supervisor loam, 40 to 80 percent slopes	Sr	2607	1473976	1lgsm	nm674	1965	1:24000
Irigul family, very stony-Supervisor-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes	38	14127	707875	rrlp	wy632		1:24000
Supervisor-Bowen family complex 10 to 25 percent slopes	51	12496	708328	rs29	wy632		1:24000
Irigul family, very stony-Supervisor-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 40 percent slopes	37	8511	707876	rrlq	wy632		1:24000
Supervisor family-Rogert complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	53	5956	708332	rs2f	wy632		1:24000
Rogert-Rock outcrop-Supervisor family complex, 25 to 40 percent slopes	49	3515	708324	rs25	wy632		1:24000
Bowen-Supervisor families, complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	23	3203	707861	rrl7	wy632		1:24000
Supervisor family-Trout Creek complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	93	1353	708370	rs3n	wy632		1:24000
Supervisor family-Rogert complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	52	1059	708327	rs28	wy632		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SUPERVISOR 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).