Soil Data Explorer - VITALE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the VITALE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VITALE, 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 VITALE 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 VITALE 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 VITALE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the VITALE 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the VITALE 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with VITALE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the VITALE 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the VITALE 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with VITALE, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. ID-2010-08-30-08 | Franklin County Area - 2008

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in general soil map units 8 (Yeates Hollow-Vitale-Northwater) and 9 (Yeates Hollow-Manila-Softback) (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area, Idaho; 2008).

Map Units

Map units containing VITALE 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
Vitale-Cleavage-Bauscher complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes	191	20793	486086	j9t6	id675	1992	1:24000
Vitale-Itca-Rubble land complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	192	20342	486088	j9t8	id675	1992	1:24000
Vitale-Mulshoe-Itca complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes	193	11567	486089	j9t9	id675	1992	1:24000
Vitale-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	194	2356	486091	j9tc	id675	1992	1:24000
Vitale very stony loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes	190	929	486084	j9t4	id675	1992	1:24000
Povey-Vitale association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	95	38545	79386	2nlv	id680	1985	1:24000
Vitale-Povey association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	109	37723	79290	2nhr	id680	1985	1:24000
Vitale-Blackspar complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	107	20218	79288	2nhp	id680	1985	1:24000
Vitale-Milligan complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	108	19432	79289	2nhq	id680	1985	1:24000
Lavacreek-Vitale association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	63	6161	79351	2nkq	id680	1985	1:24000
Vitale-Povey association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	109-BL	66	3173602	2nhr	id703		1:24000
Jimsage-Vitale association, 30 to 65 percent slopes	87	14436	82563	2rxb	id708	1987	1:24000
Vitale-Jimsage association, 40 to 60 percent slopes	154	9124	82473	2rtf	id708	1987	1:24000
Watercanyon-Vitale-Rexburg association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	157	9067	82476	2rtj	id708	1987	1:24000
Drage-Vitale, stony surface-Broadhead association, 5 to 30 percent slopes	DGF	9	3238965	n4bk	id711	1983	1:24000
Hutchley-Cupine-Vitale complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	105	5120	3163502	2sltt	id712	2008	1:24000
Hutchley-Cupine-Vitale complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	105-BL	1472	2917039	2sltt	id713		1:24000
Bergquist-Vitale, extremely stony surface, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	20-F	639	3093892	j8yn	id713		1:24000
Vitale, extremely stony surface-Yeates Hollow, extremely stony surface-Northwater complex, 12 to 40 percent slopes	145-F	564	2619886	2v083	id713		1:24000
Northwater-Foxol, very stony surface-Vitale, extremely stony surface, complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes	100-F	538	3163485	2yy4b	id713		1:24000
Vitale, extremely stony surface-Bergquist-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	144	292	2965715	2x033	id713		1:24000
Vitale, extremely stony surface-Yeates Hollow, extremely stony surface-Northwater complex, 12 to 40 percent slopes	145	4646	3163581	2v083	id714	1997	1:24000
Foxol, very stony surface-Vitale, extremely stony surface complex, 20 to 55 percent slopes	45	3909	485290	j8zj	id714	1997	1:24000
Vitale, extremely stony surface-Bergquist-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	144	3786	3163580	2x033	id714	1997	1:24000
Yeates Hollow-Vitale complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes	163	3738	485257	j8yg	id714	1997	1:24000
Bergquist-Vitale, extremely stony surface, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	20	2818	485263	j8yn	id714	1997	1:24000
Hondoho-Vitale complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	56	1057	485302	j8zx	id714	1997	1:24000
Northwater-Foxol, very stony surface-Vitale, extremely stony surface, complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes	100	872	3163574	2yy4b	id714	1997	1:24000
Hutchley-Cupine-Vitale complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	105-BL	88	3173325	2sltt	id714	1997	1:24000
Vitale, extremely stony surface-Bergquist-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	144	926	2984137	2x033	id716		1:24000
Drage-Vitale, stony surface-Broadhead association, 5 to 30 percent slopes	DGF	594	599991	n4bk	id716		1:24000
Foxol, very stony surface-Vitale, extremely stony surface, complex, 20 to 55 percent slopes	45	217	2984138	2v07v	id716		1:24000
Vitale-Blackspar complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes	134	4183	78962	2n55	id763	1998	1:24000
Lavacreek-Vitale association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	55	1971	79074	2n8s	id763	1998	1:24000
Vitale-Blackspar complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	150	554	1652495	1sgk9	id763	1998	1:24000
Vitale-Blackspar complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	84	2908	78914	2n3m	id780	1998	1:24000
Lavacreek-Vitale association, 30 to 60 percent slopes	35	1406	78916	2n3p	id780	1998	1:24000
Chen-Vitale association	744	3180	2928276	2w2vw	nv764	2021	1:24000
Cleavage extremely gravelly loam-Cleavage-Vitale association	742	11358	475100	hyct	nv765	1986	1:24000
Gollaher-Shalcleav-Vitale association	806	7595	475135	hydy	nv765	1986	1:24000
Chen-Vitale association	744	7370	475102	2w2vw	nv765	1986	1:24000
Cleavage-Vitale association	234	3610	2633840	2rgmf	nv765	1986	1:24000
Chen-Shalcleav-Vitale association	474	2600	475041	hy9x	nv765	1986	1:24000
Gollaher-Arcia-Vitale association	799	1350	475130	hyds	nv765	1986	1:24000
Sumine-Vitale-Bullvaro association	582	10722	478961	j2dc	nv767	1986	1:24000
Cleavage-Vitale association	239	3347	478847	j28p	nv767	1986	1:24000
Heechee-Manard-Vitale association	2070	671	478821	j27v	nv767	1986	1:24000
Vitale-Ebic-Chen association	3000	277	478869	j29d	nv767	1986	1:24000
Vitale-Merlin-Doyn complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	4405AO	273	3385429	jgpd	or626	2018	1:24000
Vitale-Merlin complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	343	34148	490772	jgpc	or628	1997	1:24000
Vitale-Merlin-Doyn complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	344	23952	490773	jgpd	or628	1997	1:24000
Vitale very stony loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	342	12029	490771	jgpb	or628	1997	1:24000
Vitale-Observation complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	345	3481	490774	jgpf	or628	1997	1:24000
Vitale-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent south slopes	346	2261	490775	jgpg	or628	1997	1:24000
Vitale very cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	650	8072	1690150	1tqqz	or635	2006	1:24000
Vitale-Bullump complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	259E	3977	489122	jdz4	or636	1991	1:24000
Vitale-Doyn-Merlin complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	9023	23371	2722268	2sf3b	or645		1:24000
Bullump-Vitale complex, 30 to 60 percent north slopes	9014	10207	2564851	2qxy0	or645		1:24000
Bocker-Vitale-Pernog complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	9026	8082	2722271	2sf37	or645		1:24000
Shepridge-Vitale complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	8022	2575	2981380	2tjt7	ut608	1981	1:24000
Cedarpoint-Onaqui-Vitale complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	8004	1990	2981366	2tjsn	ut608	1981	1:24000
Shepridge-Butterfield-Vitale complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	8021	705	2981379	2tjt6	ut608	1981	1:24000
Cedarpoint-Onaqui-Vitale complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	8004	3371	2981384	2tjsn	ut612	1967	1:20000
Shepridge-Vitale complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	8022	990	2981393	2tjt7	ut612	1967	1:20000
Shepridge-Butterfield-Vitale complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	8021	248	2981392	2tjt6	ut612	1967	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the VITALE 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 2024-10-30).