Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KEGSPRINGS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KEGSPRINGS, 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 KEGSPRINGS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KEGSPRINGS 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 KEGSPRINGS 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 KEGSPRINGS 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 KEGSPRINGS 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with KEGSPRINGS 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 KEGSPRINGS 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 KEGSPRINGS 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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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KEGSPRINGS, 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 KEGSPRINGS 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
Langer family-Etchen family-Kegsprings family, complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes127CN332044330mr8id7201:24000
Langer family-Etchen family-Kegsprings family, complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes127CN807331244730mr8id75219991:24000
Kegsprings family, stony-Mikesell family-Risingwolf, dry complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes253E301430051042x3qvmt60019691:24000
Kegsprings family, very rubbly-Rubble land-Cowood family, rubbly, complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes5202G74930396892v1n0mt60219631:20000
Kegsprings, extremely stony-Sawpit, very stony-Drywolf, very rubbly families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes2268F20430396572qbz5mt60219631:20000
Kegsprings-Helmville, very bouldery complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes921F54125980142ppb4mt60520071:24000
Lonniebee, stony-Kegsprings-Slidemountain, extremely stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes747F135825125512pphzmt61220111:24000
Kegsprings, very stony-Lonniebee-Cowood, extremely stony complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes748F117425125522ppj0mt61220111:24000
Kegsprings, extremely stony-Sawpit, very stony-Drywolf, very rubbly families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes2268F29230397072qbz5mt61319751:24000
Kegsprings-Helmville, very bouldery complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes921F60225187212ppb4mt61420121:24000
Lonniebee, stony-Kegsprings-Slidemountain, extremely stony complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes747F526334692pphzmt61420121:24000
Kegsprings family, very rubbly-Rubble land-Cowood family, rubbly, complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes5202G22630448432v1n0mt61519921:24000
Kegsprings, extremely stony-Sawpit, very stony-Drywolf, very rubbly families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes2268F11530448312qbz5mt61519921:24000
Mohaggin, stony,dry-Worock-Kegsprings, stony families, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes410E13630051262v5vfmt61919881:24000
Risingwolf, very stony, dry-Kegsprings family-Worock family, complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes270D1330051252v5v0mt61919881:24000
Kegsprings, extremely stony-Sawpit, very stony-Drywolf, very rubbly families, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes2268F975225128862qbz5mt6321:24000
Kegsprings family, extremely stony-Sawpit family, very stony-Drywolf, very rubbly, complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes, moist1368F563424843402pd50mt6321:24000
Kegsprings, extremely stony-Sawpit, very stony-Worock, stony families, complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes1368E507826322302qbzbmt6321:24000
Kegsprings family, very rubbly-Rubble land-Cowood family, rubbly, complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes5202G354528336392v1n0mt6321:24000
Worock, stony-Kegsprings, extremely stony families, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes1368D284124843392pd4zmt6321:24000
Risingwolf-Sherlock family-Kegsprings family, stony complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes2340F1387203384038316lbmt6331:24000
Kegsprings family, very stony-Worock-Risingwolf complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes2344F892563384039316lcmt6331:24000
Parkcity-Bigcoulee-Kegsprings families, complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes2130D208453384033316l5mt6331:24000
Kegsprings family-Risingwolf-Sherlock family complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes2100D108403384030316l2mt6331:24000
Kegsprings family, very stony-Worock family, stony-Cuberant family, very stony complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes2374F95463384068316mgmt6331:24000
Kegsprings family, stony-Jaegie family-Worock family complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes2372F66673384067316mfmt6331:24000
Cuberant family, very stony-Rock outcrop-Kegsprings family complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes2472F59113384069316mhmt6331:24000
Broad Canyon family, stony-Kegsprings family-Risingwolf complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes2004E10383384051316lymt6331:24000
Risingwolf, very stony, dry-Kegsprings family-Sherlock family, complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes261E3678728482732v5v5mt66320171:24000
Risingwolf, very stony, dry-Kegsprings family-Worock family, complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes270D2511928482772v5v0mt66320171:24000
Garlet-Kegsprings-Muddycreek families, complex, 35 to 60 slopes325F2479628518422v7zvmt66320171:24000
Mohaggin, stony,dry-Worock-Kegsprings, stony families, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes410E2372428482822v5vfmt66320171:24000
Kegsprings family, stony-Mikesell family-Risingwolf, dry complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes253E1159028482662x3qvmt66320171:24000
Kegsprings family, stony-Agneston family complex 10 to 25 percent slopes1910468707856rrl2wy6321:24000
Agneston-Kegsprings family, complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes119553707836rrkfwy6321:24000
Kegsprings family, very stony loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, stony176145707854rrl0wy6321:24000
Kegsprings family, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes203762707859rrl5wy6321:24000
Kegsprings family, very stony loam, 40 to 65 percent slopes, stony181704707855rrl1wy6321:24000
Mountain Front Sideslopes, Subalpine Fir-Aspen Complex464137062554700532pwy6351:24000
Southeast Mountains Sideslopes, Subalpine Fir-Aspen Complex764215532925082532ywy6351:24000
Mountain Front Till-Mantled Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex46422282554701531kwy6351:24000
Sedimentary Conglomerate Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex3642262554696530zwy6351:24000
Southeast Mountains Sideslopes, Subalpine Fir-Aspen Complex76429110151929532ywy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Colluvial Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex46439052151887531lwy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Moraines, Subalpine Fir Complex43417931151918532lwy66219981:24000
Sedimentary Colluvial Sideslopes, Subalpine Fir Complex364677751518715312wy66219981:24000
Sedimentary Conglomerate Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex36424697151868530zwy66219981:24000
Sedimentary Chugwater Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex364345071518695310wy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Till-Mantled Sideslopes (South), Subalpine Fir Complex464544281519325331wy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Till-Mantled Sideslopes (North), Subalpine Fir Complex46424122151886531kwy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Colluvial Sideslopes (South), Subalpine Fir Complex464439121519335332wy66219981:24000
Mountain Front Sideslopes, Subalpine Fir-Aspen Complex46412911151921532pwy66219981:24000
Sedimentary Sideslopes, Tall Forb-Subalpine Fir Complex365724511518785319wy66219981:24000
Foothill Sideslopes, Big Sagebrush-Aspen-Subalpine fir Complex66211383151898531ywy66219981:24000
Mulgon-Kegsprings-Jumpstart, families, complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes1556126334762r7fxwy66219981:24000
Kegsprings family-Rock outcrop-Matcher family, complex15836050730565022xtrpwy66519961:62500
Kegsprings-Targhee families-Rock outcrop, complex13584939630565052xtrkwy66519961:62500
Kegsprings family-Rock outcrop-Targhee family, complex15373866830565032xtrmwy66519961:62500
Hobacker-Kegsprings families-Typic Cryaquolls, complex21673390230565232xts3wy66519961:62500
Kegsprings-Agneston families-Rock outcrop, complex17592911030565142xtrvwy66519961:62500
Jaegie-Kegsprings families-Rock outcrop, complex17522545930565122xtrtwy66519961:62500
Kegsprings family-Histic Cryaquepts-Rock outcrop, complex15621801630565012xtrnwy66519961:62500
Midfork-Kegsprings families-Rock outcrop, complex21541597130565092xts1wy66519961:62500
Kegsprings-Jaegie families-Typic Cryaquepts, complex17621459730565132xtrwwy66519961:62500
Kegsprings-Agneston-Quietus families, complex17951451130565152xtrxwy66519961:62500
Shook, Sawpit and Kegsprings families, soils22161310830565242xts7wy66519961:62500
Midfork-Kegsprings-Doct families, complex21261153730565082xts0wy66519961:62500
Hobacker-Elkpeak-Kegsprings families, complex29151025230565322xtspwy66519961:62500
Kegsprings family-Rock outcrop-Sig family, complex1532510030565042xtrlwy66519961:62500

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KEGSPRINGS 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 .