Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WESTOLA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WESTOLA, 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 WESTOLA 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
78C04N106804OK141002Westola7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties34.4063606,-99.2242813
78C94P072294OK059015Westola8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.8199997,-99.4805527
78C04N1066s2004ok-065-001 westolawestola7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties34.6819992,-99.40728

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the WESTOLA 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 WESTOLA 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 WESTOLA 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 WESTOLA 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 WESTOLA 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 WESTOLA series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the WESTOLA 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 .

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 mountains 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 WESTOLA, 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. OK-2010-09-29-20 | Woods County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Quinlan-Woodward-Deepwood general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Woods County, Oklahoma; 2003).

  2. TX-2010-11-03-50 | King County - 2007

    Typical pattern of the Grandfield-Shrewder-Devol and Delwin-Nobscot general soil map units (Soil Survey of King County, Texas; 2007).

  3. TX-2010-11-05-04 | Young County - 2009

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Grandfield-Gowen and Lincoln-Westola-Padgett general soil map units (Soil Survey of Young County, Texas; 2009).

Map Units

Map units containing WESTOLA 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
Westola occasionally flooded-Quinlan-Hardeman complex, 0 to 12 percent slopesWQHE3943815582zc1fok00720211:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded668433381706dt63ok00919781:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYf5435382352dtvyok03919731:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYf10163382415dtxzok04319611:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedYa5602382414dtxyok04319611:24000
Westola sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedLa12344382434dtylok04519631:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa2212382481dv03ok04519631:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedZa682382482dv04ok04519631:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWslA6374648190prhcok05520051:24000
Lincoln and Westola soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedLnWA6051648173prgtok05520051:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedWstA910648191prhdok05520051:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded73467997551011r32ok05719821:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded7247297550911r31ok05719821:24000
Westola-Quinlan-Hardeman complex, 0 to 12 percent slopesWQHE41808383108dvnbok05919981:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedWstA6688383066dvlzok05919981:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWslA2234383065dvlyok05919981:24000
Lincoln and Westola soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedLnWA8049392388f59pok06520001:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWslA6593392413f5bhok06520001:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedWstA2452392414f5bjok06520001:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa1703383496dw1vok07519731:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa9933384792dxdnok12919611:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedZa8500384793dxdpok12919611:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYh2626384991dxm2ok14119681:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded562160385043dxnrok14919761:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWslA8306385257dxwnok15119951:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedWstA5524385259dxwqok15119951:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely floodedYh9704385318dxymok15319611:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa3779385317dxylok15319611:24000
Lincoln and Westola soils, frequently floodedLc11966362718d5fltx02319711:24000
Westola fine sandy loamYa2157362743d5gdtx02319711:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa25493633052vt8btx04519721:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedYf18563633062vt89tx04519721:20000
Westola very fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa44873639992vt8mtx08119681:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa6353640532vt8qtx08319681:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa30093641392vt8btx08719651:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedYa3983644552vt8rtx09519851:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedYC3933644542vt8ptx09519851:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedLa255343657922vt89tx15119641:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWeA457531009092vt8btx15520211:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedWdA247931009072vt89tx15520211:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYf36183669752vt8btx19119651:20000
Colorado and Westola soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedSo25703669632vt8htx19119651:20000
Westola fine sandy loamYa757367543dbg7tx20719601:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedSd16483919112vt89tx22719651:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa14743682692vt8qtx25319661:20000
Westola very fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa88313685152vt8mtx26319681:31680
Colorado and Westola soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedCf23083684762vt8htx26319681:31680
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedWfA35573686192vt89tx26919991:31680
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWeA8813686182vt8btx26919991:31680
Lincoln-Westola complex, occasionally flooded209749368721dcp7tx27519751:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded462760368749dcq4tx27519751:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedYa6063688922vt8ptx28119901:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedYa4163699852vt8rtx30719701:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa17503709042vt8btx34519721:24000
Colorado and Westola soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedCy235793717692vt8htx39919651:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedYa8883718062vt8btx39919651:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, warm, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedYa44763719872vt8ptx41119801:24000
Westola fine sandy loam, occasionally floodedWe1716372725dhvdtx44719911:24000
Westola and Yomont soils, frequently floodedYa3979373402djk7tx48519721:20000
Westola fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWaA4944373785djyltx50320031:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WESTOLA 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 .