Soil Data Explorer - UFFENS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the UFFENS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of UFFENS, 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 UFFENS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
n/a	40A3773	S1976WY043000	UFFENS	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with UFFENS, 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. WY-2012-03-23-11 | Natrona County Area - 1997

   Diagram of the Cambria-Zigweid association, dry, sloping, on plateaus dissected by many drainageways. Chipenhill gravelly clay loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes, is on plateau breaks, and the Effington-Uffens complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is on terraces (Soil Survey of Natrona County Area, WY; 1997).

Map Units

Map units containing UFFENS 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
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	77	852	496658	jnt7	co679	1976	1:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	MC75	222	3170501	k0b9	co679	1976	1:24000
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes, very stony	MC47D	175	3170495	k09j	co679	1976	1:24000
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes, very stony	47	10863	506742	k09j	co680	1970	1:31680
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	75	8729	506766	k0b9	co680	1970	1:31680
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	47D	4668	506743	k09k	co680	1970	1:31680
Uffens loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes	70	3513	496735	jnwq	co682	1986	1:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	MC75	1774	3170507	k0b9	co682	1986	1:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	95	4367	497051	jp6x	co685	1979	1:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	205	3419	497175	jpbx	co686	1992	1:31680
Shotnick-Uffens complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	56	1080	506283	jztq	co692	1998	1:24000
Eghelm-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	20	155	506231	jzs1	co692	1998	1:24000
Huerfano-Muff-Uffens complex, gently sloping	HU	43916	56609	1wx3	nm618	1978	1:63360
Doak-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Du	20076	56594	1wwm	nm618	1978	1:63360
Doak-Uffens complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	Dw	1377	56595	1wwn	nm618	1978	1:63360
Motto-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	155	917	2496399	2pvz6	ut013		1:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	248	764	2496394	2pvz5	ut013		1:24000
Uffens loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	249	296	1698342	1v087	ut013		1:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	250	156	1708044	1vbc6	ut013		1:24000
Uffens loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	249	10711	505527	jz1b	ut047	1999	1:24000
Motto-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	155	7450	505423	jyxz	ut047	1999	1:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	248	4362	505526	jz19	ut047	1999	1:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	250	2988	505529	jz1d	ut047	1999	1:24000
Hanksville-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	98	1349	505644	jz53	ut047	1999	1:24000
Eghelm-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69	198	505612	jz42	ut047	1999	1:24000
Uffens silt loam	UF	3549	481512	j51n	ut602	1969	1:20000
Uffens silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	117	1275	481794	j5br	ut618	1995	1:24000
Uffens loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	116	373	481793	j5bq	ut618	1995	1:24000
Uffens silt loam	UE	10035	482426	j604	ut632	1970	1:20000
Yenrab-Uffens complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	YUC	6370	482437	j60h	ut632	1970	1:20000
Uffens-Uvada silt loams, eroded	UH2	2978	482428	j606	ut632	1970	1:20000
Uffens-Swasey complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	UFC	2231	482427	j605	ut632	1970	1:20000
Poganeab-Uffens-Uvada association	PU	1729	482411	j5zn	ut632	1970	1:20000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	2126		3356655	2y4yg	wy043	1976	1:24000
Youngston-Uffens-Lostwells complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	84	60232	152133	539j	wy043	1976	1:24000
Uffens-Rairdent complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	71	31499	152119	5392	wy043	1976	1:24000
Lostwells-Youngston complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes	42	22101	152087	5381	wy043	1976	1:24000
Uffens-Persayo complex, 1 to 30 percent slopes	70	9552	152118	5391	wy043	1976	1:24000
Rairdent-Uffens complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes -- Draft	367CE		2430873	2mlj8	wy603		1:24000
Uffens-Oregon Basin-like complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes	1103		3253294	2wxk3	wy603		1:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Griffy complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	2112		3253310	2z1yb	wy603		1:24000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	2126		3170874	2y4yg	wy603		1:24000
Uffens-Glenton complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1107		3170871	2y4y9	wy603		1:24000
Youngston-Uffens complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft	601		2493542	2pqlp	wy603		1:24000
Muff-Uffens-Persayo complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes -- Draft	570AD	28068	152243	53f2	wy603		1:24000
Rairdent-Uffens complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes -- Draft	367AC	10292	152175	53bw	wy603		1:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft	67AC	6335	152252	53fc	wy603		1:24000
Kinnear-Uffens-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft	468AC	4842	152226	53dj	wy603		1:24000
Effington-Uffens complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	178	13385	502266	jvn4	wy625	1985	1:24000
Uffens, thick surface-Uffens very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	290	8584	502426	jvt9	wy625	1985	1:24000
Uffens, runon-Typic Torrifluvents complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	291	5505	502427	jvtb	wy625	1985	1:24000
Croxell-like, frequently flooded-Uffens, occasionally flooded complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	1117		2911902	2w7j8	wy629		1:24000
Uffens-Oregon Basin-like complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes	1103		2969036	2wxk3	wy629		1:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	2128		2911961	2y4yh	wy629		1:24000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	2126		2911960	2y4yg	wy629		1:24000
Uffens-Glenton complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1107		2911955	2y4y9	wy629		1:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Griffy complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	2112		3170903	2z1yb	wy629		1:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Muff complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft	569		152602	53sn	wy629		1:24000
Uffens loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	2268		3253266	2ztjc	wy629		1:24000
Uffens-Muff-Frisite loams, 1 to 12 percent slopes	007	26846	157427	58t9	wy647		1:24000
Uffens-Muff-Frisite loams, 1 to 12 percent slopes	216	32732	503093	jwht	wy713	1986	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the UFFENS 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).