Soil Data Explorer - WHITEWOLF

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WHITEWOLF soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WHITEWOLF, 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 WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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 WHITEWOLF 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with WHITEWOLF, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing WHITEWOLF 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
Whitewolf coarse sandy loam	179	3334	461840	hhl2	ca031	1980	1:24000
Whitewolf coarse sandy loam	179ki	2	1487077	1lxf7	ca654	1966	1:24000
Whitewolf coarse sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	246	1559	463791	hkm0	ca666	1983	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	209	1592	467326	hp91	ca668	2007	1:24000
Whitewolf-Riverwash complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	217	1065	467333	hp98	ca668	2007	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	207	231	467325	hp90	ca668	2007	1:24000
Pajuela-Whitewolf association, steep	156	7598	463860	hkp7	ca670	1977	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	203	3947	463907	hkqr	ca670	1977	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, cool, 2 to 5 percent slopes	204	1435	463908	hkqs	ca670	1977	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	209ne	77	2218089	2dg38	ca670	1977	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	370	1810	466489	hnf1	ca691	2008	1:24000
Whitewolf loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	371	892	466490	hnf2	ca691	2008	1:24000
Whitewolf coarse sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	246	137	2389966	2l6yp	ca691	2008	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, warm, 15 to 50 percent slopes	360bo	971	2229202	2dtnr	ca732	1998	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, 5 to 60 percent slopes.	403	665	471504	htmt	ca732	1998	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	359bo	197	2229201	2dtnq	ca732	1998	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, warm, 15 to 50 percent slopes	360bo	512	2230057	2dvkb	ca740	1996	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	359	6137	488321	jd49	ca802	1996	1:24000
Whitewolf-Toquerville families association, warm, 15 to 50 percent slopes	360	2163	488322	jd4b	ca802	1996	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WHITEWOLF 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).