Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ETSEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ETSEL, 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 ETSEL 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
5UCD541701954-CA-17-019xETSEL2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.2691002,-122.8914795
5UCD714517071-CA-45-170xETSEL3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8002663,-122.535347
5UCD714517171-CA-45-171xETSEL2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7968483,-122.5355072

Water Balance

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ETSEL, 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 ETSEL 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
Etsel-Maymen-Marpa association, 30 to 50 percent slopes52618324461641hhcnca01119991:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, low ffd52817944616432y4jlca01119991:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Mayacama-Complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes529773461644hhcrca01119991:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes52759461642hhcpca01119991:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, low ffd16906284531152692y4jlca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Mayacama complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes167561644595702xcb6ca03319851:24000
Maymen-Hopland-Etsel association, 15 to 50 percent slopes17121174459574hf6zca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes17020442459573hf6yca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes169147824595722y4jnca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes1684309459571hf6wca03319851:24000
Rock outcrop-Etsel-Snook complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes2003229459603hf7xca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Mayacama complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes1661028459569hf6tca03319851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, high ffd169016077342y4jkca09719681:20000
Mayacama-Hopland-Etsel complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes157em16076231qyvtca09719681:20000
Maymen-Etsel-Hopland complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes158em16076241qyvvca09719681:20000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes162em16076261qyvxca09719681:20000
Maymen-Etsel-Speaker association, 30 to 50 percent slopes170l16077361qyzgca09719681:20000
Rock outcrop-Etsel-Snook complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes200l16077381qyzjca09719681:20000
Maymen-Hopland-Etsel association, 15 to 50 percent slopes171l24695115rbb2ca11319681:20000
Etsel very gravelly loam, 30 to 75 percent slopes1514940459060hdpdca60219781:24000
Etsel-Neuns complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes1646254486918jbp1ca60419941:24000
HOOSIMBIM-ETSEL COMPLEX, 30 TO 50 PERCENT SLOPES1581310466061hmz7ca60619901:24000
ETSEL-BAMTUSH COMPLEX, 50 TO 75 PERCENT SLOPES1431205466045hmyqca60619901:24000
ETSEL-WEITCHPEC COMPLEX, 50 TO 75 PERCENT SLOPES144398466046hmyrca60619901:24000
ETSEL VERY GRAVELLY LOAM, 30 TO 50 PERCENT SLOPES142118466044hmypca60619901:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes16230552461047hgrhca68719851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, high ffd160287154610452y4jkca68719851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, low ffd16001839231152932y4jlca68719851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Mayacama complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes15913822461044hgrdca68719851:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes16112442461046hgrgca68719851:24000
Mayacama-Hopland-Etsel complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes1579604461042hgrbca68719851:24000
Hopland-Maymen-Etsel complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes1436184461028hgqwca68719851:24000
Etsel-Rock outcrop-Neuns association, 30 to 75 percent slopes1215988461006hgq5ca68719851:24000
Etsel-Woodin-Rock outcrop association, 50 to 75 percent slopes1224498461007hgq6ca68719851:24000
Hopland-Maymen-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes1443603461029hgqxca68719851:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Hopland complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes1582212461043hgrcca68719851:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes18610391465761hmnkca69419931:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, high ffd1859396231153192y4jkca69419931:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, low ffd1850373431153182y4jlca69419931:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes1854694657602y4jnca69419931:24000
Olete-Kilburn-Etsel families complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes420af1432562681hm79ca69620161:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes162em34017011401v35hca70119841:24000
Etsel-Rock outcrop-Neuns association, 30 to 75 percent slopes121em14217011351v35bca70119841:24000
Etsel-Woodin-Rock outcrop association, 50 to 75 percent slopes122em2717011361v35cca70119841:24000
Etsel very gravelly loam, 30 to 75 percent slopes151sc1072190590521z7tca70219841:24000
Etsel family, 40 to 80 percent slopes.6121526470659hsrkca70719831:24000
Etsel-Neuns families association, 60 to 80 percent slopes.626201470660hsrlca70719831:24000
Etsel family-Rock outcrop complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes.636064470661hsrmca70719831:24000
Etsel-Neuns complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes164im2242186890320qr6ca70719831:24000
Hoosimbim-Etsel complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes158tw39186878820qmhca70719831:24000
Etsel-Bamtush complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes143tw5186876320qlpca70719831:24000
Etsel very gravelly loam, 50 to 75 percent slopes, rocky137286927477982q1yqca70920101:24000
Etsel-Rock outcrop, sedimentary complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes141240227477992q1yrca70920101:24000
Maymen-Etsel-Snook complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, low ffd1600me207127478432y4jlca70920101:24000
Hopland-Maymen-Etsel complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes143me10032747836hgqwca70920101:24000
Etsel-Rock outcrop-Neuns association, 30 to 75 percent slopes121me9422747832hgq5ca70920101:24000
Etsel very gravelly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, rocky13675127477962q1ypca70920101:24000
Hopland-Maymen-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes144me6622747837hgqxca70920101:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes162me2782747845hgrhca70920101:24000
Maymen-Woodin-Etsel complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes161me1612747844hgrgca70920101:24000
Etsel-Woodin-Rock outcrop association, 50 to 75 percent slopes122me627478332q1zwca70920101:24000
Olete-Kilburn-Etsel families complex, 50 to 80 percent slopes4207580465350hm79ca77619811:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ETSEL 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 .