Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the THIRTYNINE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of THIRTYNINE, 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 THIRTYNINE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
6486P065786WY027009Thirtynine8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.0452766,-104.2661133
6488P031187NE165069Thirtynine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.8022232,-103.7188873
6488P031287NE165071Thirtynine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.768055,-103.7458344
6488P075988NE045001Thirtynine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.8224983,-102.8913879
6488P081588NE161016Thirtynine5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.875,-102.7916641
6488P076288NE165070Thirtynine6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.7722206,-103.5127792
6489P080989WY031007Thirtynine7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.4755554,-104.690834
67A88P024287WY031002Thirtynine5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.4730568,-105.0647202

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the THIRTYNINE 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the THIRTYNINE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the THIRTYNINE series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the THIRTYNINE 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 .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with THIRTYNINE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the THIRTYNINE series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the THIRTYNINE 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 .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with THIRTYNINE, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. WY-2010-11-08-01 | Platte County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in map units 133, 141, 191, and 229 (Soil Survey of Platte County, Wyoming; 2003).

Map Units

Map units containing THIRTYNINE 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
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 11 percent slopes, eroded525916096625690p02kne04519731:20000
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 11 percent slopes525811130625688p02hne04519731:20000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes52579732625685p02dne04519731:20000
Thirtynine loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes526271022175332dfjbne04519731:20000
Thirtynine loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes526046822175312dfj8ne04519731:20000
Thirtynine loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes52616722175322dfj9ne04519731:20000
Thirtynine loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes526262781006413cqhne16119921:20000
Thirtynine loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes526029411006393cqfne16119921:20000
Thirtynine loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes526129341006403cqgne16119921:20000
Thirtynine loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes52616584358042d0krne16519931:20000
Thirtynine loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes52626479358043d0ksne16519931:20000
Thirtynine loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes52605797358041d0kqne16519931:20000
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP512B181526688732s026sd01919701:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP512A74626688722s024sd01919701:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesP512C60426688742s025sd01919701:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesP512C2827332932s025sd08120071:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP512B2427681112s026sd08120071:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP512B428327334242s026sd60019741:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP512A25827334232s024sd60019741:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesP512C4027681242s025sd60019741:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesU350B8325829172pf59sd60620111:24000
Thirtynine-Weta, dry silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesU520A7325829212pf84sd60620111:24000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU365C4825829192pf5ssd60620111:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU350C2625829182pf5bsd60620111:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesU510A425829122kqr6sd60620111:24000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesU365D9925828772pf5rsd61120111:24000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU365C1125828782pf5ssd61120111:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesU350B130624853102pf59sd61220111:20000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU365C65624853252pf5ssd61220111:20000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesU365D45824853242pf5rsd61220111:20000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesU510A27823753502kqr6sd61220111:20000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesU350A20324853082pf57sd61220111:20000
Thirtynine-Weta, dry silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesU520A13424853982pf84sd61220111:20000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU350C11124853112pf5bsd61220111:20000
Thirtynine-Ulysses, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU380C10124853502pf6lsd61220111:20000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesU365D161825828342pf5rsd61320111:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesU350B23525828312pf59sd61320111:24000
Thirtynine loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesThB15025827501hkjtsd61320111:24000
Thirtynine-Colby, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU365C14725828352pf5ssd61320111:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesU350A13925828302pf57sd61320111:24000
Thirtynine loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesThC10725827511hkjvsd61320111:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesU510A7925828422kqr6sd61320111:24000
Kadoka-Thirtynine silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU350C5625828322pf5bsd61320111:24000
Thirtynine-Ulysses, cool silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesU380C1425828362pf6lsd61320111:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP512B7027681922s026wy01119781:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesP512C5527681942s025wy01119781:24000
Thirtynine silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes20715479349718cqx7wy02719931:24000
Thirtynine-Kadoka silt loams, 2 to 10 percent slopes20810605349719cqx8wy02719931:24000
Deight-Thirtynine-Glendo very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes141219641044983hqxwy03119981:24000
Deight-Thirtynine-Glendo very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes1355416697651t1jdwy60920061:24000
Deight-Thirtynine-Glendo very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes491614148181jh79wy71519741:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the THIRTYNINE 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 .