Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CANISROCKS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CANISROCKS, 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 CANISROCKS 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
22A97P0129790035Canisrocks6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.8588125,-119.6193109

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CANISROCKS 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 CANISROCKS 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 CANISROCKS 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 CANISROCKS 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CANISROCKS 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 CANISROCKS series and competing. 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 CANISROCKS 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 .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

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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 CANISROCKS, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing CANISROCKS 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-Canisrocks complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic249yp41516701131lxtyca73119811:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Glacierpoint complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic248yp39616701121lxprca73119811:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Glacierpoint complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, mountain slopes, joints, cryic268yp22916701261ns1bca73119811:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes, moraines, mountain slopes, cryic252yp22416701141nqdyca73119811:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Rubble land complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, mountainflanks, cryic235yp12216701101lwrpca73119811:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic242yp12216701111ljwfca73119811:24000
Siberian, dry-Canisrocks, dry complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes2140508034228742w86kca73219981:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes2138413934228732r1c4ca73219981:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 0 to 80 percent slopes, cirqued mountainflanks, cryic219yp406522293262dtsrca73219981:24000
Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm-Rock outcrop, granitic complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes2137161434228722tbf2ca73219981:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Typic Cryorthents-Canisrocks, scree complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes1137127934228662t8zrca73219981:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic242yp7522293302dtswca73219981:24000
Xeric Dystrocryepts-Canisrocks-Oxyaquic Dystrocryepts association, 10 to 40 percent slopes, aprons, lateral moraines, cryic211yp3622293252dtsqca73219981:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Typic Cryorthents-Canisrocks, scree complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes1137389432310582t8zrca74019961:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 0 to 80 percent slopes, cirqued mountainflanks, cryic219yp321222300652dvklca74019961:24000
Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm-Rock outcrop, granitic complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes2137112032310462tbf2ca74019961:24000
Siberian, dry-Canisrocks, dry complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes2140110034229322w86kca74019961:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes213860632310442r1c4ca74019961:24000
Typic Cryorthents, warm metamorphic-Rock outcrop, metamorphic-Canisrocks complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes223035532310592w86nca74019961:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 10 to 65 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic223yp11622300682dvkpca74019961:24000
Canisrocks-Rubble land-Rock outcrop-Crazymule complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, mountainflanks, colluvial aprons, cryic222yp6122300672dvknca74019961:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 0 to 80 percent slopes, cirqued mountainflanks, cryic219yp29061674981hn8cca75019831:24000
Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts association, 5 to 30 percent slopes, mountain valleys, moraines, cryic247yp180616749831lxplca75019831:24000
Canisrocks-Glacierpoint-Humic Dystrocryepts complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, lateral moraines, cryic253yp121116749851nqf7ca75019831:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Glacierpoint complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic248yp59916749841lxprca75019831:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Vitrandic Dystrocryepts association, 2 to 30 percent slopes, glacially scoured mountain valleys, cryic225yp2691674982hn8kca75019831:24000
Siberian, dry-Canisrocks, dry complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes2140143132311042w86kca76019811:24000
Typic Cryorthents, warm metamorphic-Rock outcrop, metamorphic-Canisrocks complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes223084732311062w86nca76019811:24000
Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm-Rock outcrop, granitic complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes213751232310912tbf2ca76019811:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Typic Cryorthents-Canisrocks, scree complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes11375932311052t8zrca76019811:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic2494307014874711lxtyca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic2423818714759851ljwfca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 0 to 80 percent slopes, cirqued mountainflanks, cryic21934176466344hn8cca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes, moraines, mountain slopes, cryic2523281015408841nqdyca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Rubble land complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, mountainflanks, cryic2353155314864401lwrpca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Glacierpoint complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, mountain slopes, joints, cryic2682841915424461ns1bca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Glacierpoint complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic2482738614873411lxprca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Vitrandic Dystrocryepts association, 2 to 30 percent slopes, glacially scoured mountain valleys, cryic22519118466350hn8kca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts association, 5 to 30 percent slopes, mountain valleys, moraines, cryic2471671214873361lxplca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Glacierpoint-Humic Dystrocryepts complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes, lateral moraines, cryic2531613315408931nqf7ca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, mountain slopes, moraines, cryic2791541315423201nrx8ca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Rock outcrop-Glacierpoint complex, 0 to 35 percent slopes, mountain slopes, moraines, joints, cryic2691445715423081nrwwca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Crazymule complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, mountain slopes, lateral moraines, cryic22711559466352hn8mca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Glacierpoint complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes, lateral moraines, cryic23211311466357hn8sca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Rubble land-Rock outcrop-Crazymule complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, mountainflanks, colluvial aprons, cryic22210030466347hn8gca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts association, 0 to 35 percent slopes, mountain valleys, scoured, filled, cryic245995314767161lkn0ca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Glacierpoint-Vitrandic Cryorthents complex, bouldery, 5 to 20 percent slopes, ground moraines, cryic237670414864611lwscca79020061:24000
Crazymule-Canisrocks complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes, ground moraines, cryic239621514873311lxpfca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Glacierpoint-Vitrandic Dystrocryepts complex, bouldery, 20 to 45 percent slopes, medial moraines, cryic2136143466338hn85ca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop-Rubble land-Canisrocks association, 10 to 65 percent slopes, mountain slopes, cryic2235840466348hn8hca79020061:24000
Canisrocks, 5 to 35 percent slopes, mountain valleys, cryic241331114756551ljjsca79020061:24000
Crazymule-Canisrocks association, 0 to 20 percent slopes, lateral moraines, wet/dry meadows, cryic264263915424431ns17ca79020061:24000
Oxyaquic Cryorthents-Canisrocks complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, ground moraines, wet/dry, cryic238175514870781lxf8ca79020061:24000
Xeric Dystrocryepts-Canisrocks-Oxyaquic Dystrocryepts association, 10 to 40 percent slopes, aprons, lateral moraines, cryic2111587466336hn83ca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Xeric Dystrocryepts association, 5 to 40 percent slopes, mountain valleys, moraines, avalanches, cryic250101315399181npdsca79020061:24000
Canisrocks-Typic Cryaquents complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes, lateral moraines, aprons, wet/dry, cryic231460466356hn8rca79020061:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes21383767227772312r1c4ca79220181:24000
Canisrocks-Typic Cryorthents, warm-Rock outcrop, granitic complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes21372762427772442tbf2ca79220181:24000
Siberian, dry-Canisrocks, dry complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes21402760629246872w86kca79220181:24000
Rock outcrop, granitic-Typic Cryorthents-Canisrocks, scree complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes11372607629246902t8zrca79220181:24000
Typic Cryorthents, warm metamorphic-Rock outcrop, metamorphic-Canisrocks complex, 30 to 100 percent slopes2230685429246942w86nca79220181:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CANISROCKS 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 .