Soil Data Explorer - WORF

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WORF soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WORF, 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 WORF 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
58B	82P0217	81WY005002	WORF	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.1833344,-105.707222
58B	40A3148	S1969WY019004	Worf	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8600006,-106.4877777

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WORF 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 WORF 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 WORF 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.

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 WORF, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing WORF 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
Rock outcrop-Rizno-Worf families complex, moist, 30 to 50 percent slopes	57	17017	512396	k65x	ut646		1:24000
Cielito-like-Badland-Worf complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	5530		3356674	2w7kg	wy043	1976	1:24000
Renohill-Heldt-Worf association	59	6989	152105	538m	wy043	1976	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Tassel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	128	12980	349413	cqld	wy045	1984	1:24000
Samday-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	97	2948	349506	cqpd	wy045	1984	1:24000
Worf-Bunkwater-like-Bowbac complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	5216		3170880	2y62p	wy603		1:24000
Cushman-Worf loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	128	10501	349813	cr09	wy605	1995	1:24000
Shingle-Worf loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	211	10117	2494812	w9zf	wy605	1995	1:24000
Renohill-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	201	4458	349899	cr32	wy605	1995	1:24000
Bowbac-Worf fine sandy loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	115	2420	349800	cqzw	wy605	1995	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Taluce complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	269	11635	1669759	2ztzj	wy609	2006	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Tassel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	270	1605	1669800	2wxz3	wy609	2006	1:24000
Samday-Shingle-Worf, loamy complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	226	585	1669729	1t1h7	wy609	2006	1:24000
Bowbac-Hiland-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	112	568	1669809	2wxz2	wy609	2006	1:24000
Cushman-Worf complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	133	417	1669675	2yv78	wy609	2006	1:24000
Samday-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	225	149	1669810	2wxyt	wy609	2006	1:24000
Bowbac-Worf-Threetop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5C04		3197038	2zb05	wy617		1:24000
Taluce-Worf-Shingle complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	5411		3170861	2w7h9	wy617		1:24000
Cielito-like-Badland-Worf complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	5530		3170869	2w7kg	wy617		1:24000
Cushman-Shingle-Worf complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	5C11		3358258	30zsq	wy617		1:24000
Shingle-Worf association	SNf	6938	350933	cs5f	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale-Worf association, rolling	BWD	6220	350819	cs1r	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale-Worf association, hilly	BWE	5377	350820	cs1s	wy619	1971	1:24000
Worf-Briggsdale loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	306	189	816936	wf2s	wy619	1971	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Tassel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	149	130	816860	2wxz3	wy619	1971	1:24000
Worf variant-Cushman variant-Peyton association, rolling	307	123	816937	wf2t	wy619	1971	1:24000
Bowbac-Hiland-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	133	16686	502211	2wxz2	wy625	1985	1:24000
Worf-Briggsdale loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	306	3831	502449	jvv1	wy625	1985	1:24000
Worf variant-Cushman variant-Peyton association, rolling	307	2515	502451	jvv3	wy625	1985	1:24000
Worf-Bowbac fine sandy loams, 4 to 12 percent slopes	305	2381	502447	jvtz	wy625	1985	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Tassel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	320	585	1421357	2wxz3	wy625	1985	1:24000
Cushman-Worf complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	333	65	1426091	2yv78	wy625	1985	1:24000
Cielito-like-Badland-Worf complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	5530		2911939	2w7kg	wy629		1:24000
Worf-Bunkwater-like-Bowbac complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	5216		2969109	2y62p	wy629		1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Bunkwater-like complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes	5320		2969111	2y62r	wy629		1:24000
Worf-Farview-like-Bowdish-like complex, 8 to 60 percent slopes	5467		3133243	2ynm2	wy629		1:24000
Worf-Winnett-like complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	5326		3136883	2yppm	wy629		1:24000
Bowbac-Taluce-Worf complex, 10 to 35 percent slopes	5414		2911883	2w7hr	wy629		1:24000
Taluce-Worf-Shingle complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	5411		2911859	2w7h9	wy629		1:24000
Taluce-Worfka-Worf complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	5206		2911893	2w7j1	wy629		1:24000
Taluce-like-Windwhistle-Worf complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	5434		2911897	2w7j5	wy629		1:24000
Taluce-like-Worf complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	5217		2911965	2y4ym	wy629		1:24000
Shingle-Worf complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	273	2114	361047	d3pp	wy633	1987	1:24000
Cushman-Worf association, moist, 3 to 15 percent slopes	131	1811	361117	d3ry	wy633	1987	1:24000
Shingle-Worf complex, moist, 9 to 15 percent slopes	274	1757	361056	d3pz	wy633	1987	1:24000
Cushman-Worf loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes	130	1334	361121	d3s2	wy633	1987	1:24000
Shingle-Worf loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	701	24	2494811	w9zf	wy633	1987	1:24000
Worf-Shingle-Tassel complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	149	125455	351527	2wxz3	wy709	1983	1:24000
Samday-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	129	70850	351507	2wxyt	wy709	1983	1:24000
Cushman-Worf complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	112	14050	351490	2yv78	wy709	1983	1:24000
Cushman-Worf loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	254	180	1427911	1jxvn	wy709	1983	1:24000
Shingle-Worf loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	219	80	361290	cr3d	wy709	1983	1:24000
Samday-Shingle-Worf complex, northeast, 3 to 15 percent slopes	244	10	1427901	1jxvb	wy709	1983	1:24000
Renohill-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	218	9	361289	d3yh	wy709	1983	1:24000
Shingle-Worf loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	701	1435	813949	w9zf	wy719	2013	1:24000
Renohill-Shingle-Worf complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	681	402	1399141	1hyxl	wy719	2013	1:24000
Cushman-Worf loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes	661	11	1674099	1t616	wy719	2013	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WORF 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).