Soil Data Explorer - DEER CREEK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DEER CREEK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DEER CREEK, 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 DEER CREEK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 DEER CREEK 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 DEER CREEK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the DEER CREEK 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 DEER CREEK 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).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with DEER CREEK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the DEER CREEK 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 DEER CREEK 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with DEER CREEK, 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 DEER CREEK 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
Deer Creek cobbly loam, 6 to 25 percent slopes	DbD	3365	482482	j61y	ut608	1981	1:24000
Deer Creek-Borvant complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	DcD	1991	482483	j61z	ut608	1981	1:24000
Deer Creek-Picayune association, steep	DGG	2786	482893	j6h6	ut612	1967	1:20000
Deer Creek loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes	DCG	879	482892	j6h5	ut612	1967	1:20000
Deer Creek-Watkins Ridge complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	DWD	3286	504231	jxpj	ut622	1967	1:24000
Watkins Ridge-Deer Creek complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	WND	2392	504312	jxs4	ut622	1967	1:24000
Deer Creek-Watkins Ridge complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	DWC	846	504230	jxph	ut622	1967	1:24000
Deer Creek loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	DcA	539	504232	jxpk	ut622	1967	1:24000
Deer Creek loam, 3 to 10 percent slopes	DcC	456	504233	jxpl	ut622	1967	1:24000
Watkins Ridge-Deer Creek complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	WNC	392	504311	jxs3	ut622	1967	1:24000
Deer Creek stony silt loam, high rainfall, 6 to 25 percent slopes	DED	11545	482243	j5t7	ut627	1971	1:24000
Deer Creek stony silt loam, 6 to 30 percent slopes	DCD	6435	482242	j5t6	ut627	1971	1:24000
Deer Creek stony silt loam, high rainfall, 25 to 40 percent slopes	DEE	5780	482244	j5t8	ut627	1971	1:24000
Deer Creek-Mower complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes	DFF	3445	482245	j5t9	ut627	1971	1:24000
Red Butte-Deer Creek association, 30 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	REG2	8365	484677	j8br	ut640	1967	1:20000
Deer Creek very cobbly loam, 3 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	DLE2	4595	484582	j87p	ut640	1967	1:20000
Deer Creek cobbly loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	DKF2	2890	484581	j87n	ut640	1967	1:20000
May Day-Deer Creek association, 3 to 20 percent slopes	MIE	1900	484624	j891	ut640	1967	1:20000
Maple Mountain-Deer Creek-Condie families complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, moist	143A		3243293	2zsdc	ut645		1:24000
Deer Creek-Preussrange families complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	253	6636	3312851	30gvv	ut645		1:24000
Deer Creek-Skylick families complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	253B	3360	3312853	30gvx	ut645		1:24000
Deer Creek-Gabica families association, 10 to 60 percent slopes	140		625204	nzkw	ut649		1:24000
Deer Creek family, 8 to 30 percent slopes	139		625205	nzkx	ut649		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DEER CREEK 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).