Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KIMBERLINA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KIMBERLINA, 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 KIMBERLINA 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
1785P019584CA031005Kimberlina8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.2083321,-119.7416687
1785P019984CA031009Kimberlina8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.2833328,-119.7583313
3074C0008S1974CA029008Kimberlina6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.086113,-117.8888855

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA 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 KIMBERLINA, 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 KIMBERLINA 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
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, saline-alkali13037387461791hhjhca03119801:24000
Kimberlina saline alkali-Garces complex13217412461793hhjkca03119801:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, sandy substratum13111129461792hhjjca03119801:24000
Kimberlina sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes4255650467031hnzjca65320001:24000
Kimberlina sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes426188333563312zy0cca65320001:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, sandy substratum131ki8914870711lxf1ca65419661:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes MLRA 17127772027661222ss96ca65919991:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes MLRA 1717411705127661202ss96ca66619831:24000
Kimberlina sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes1752451033563302zy0cca66619831:24000
Kimberlina-Urban land-Cajon complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes18017899463725hkjwca66619831:24000
Kimberlina gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes17713911463722hkjsca66619831:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, saline-sodic, 0 to 2 percent slopes17913500463724hkjvca66619831:24000
Lewkalb, saline alkali-Milham-Kimberlina complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes1858691463730hkk1ca66619831:24000
Kimberlina sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes1765485463721hkjrca66619831:24000
Typic Gypsiorthids-Kimberlina association, 0 to 5 percent slopes2394530463784hklsca66619831:24000
Kimberlina gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes1783040463723hkjtca66619831:24000
YERMO-KIMBERLINA, COOL, ASSOCIATION, SLOPING*17718200463996hktmca67119781:24000
KIMBERLINA LOAMY FINE SAND, COOL, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES13717800463956hksbca67119781:24000
KIMBERLINA GRAVELLY SANDY LOAM, COOL, 2 TO 5 PERCENT SLOPES1395400463958hksdca67119781:24000
KIMBERLINA LOAMY FINE SAND, COOL, 2 TO 5 PERCENT SLOPES1383000463957hkscca67119781:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes MLRA 172101553027661212ss96ca69120081:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes21113854466465hnd8ca69120081:24000
Kimberlina fine sandy loam, saline-sodic, 0 to 2 percent slopes2127874466466hnd9ca69120081:24000
Kimberlina gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes2153629466399hnb4ca69120081:24000
Kimberlina-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes2171801466402hnb7ca69120081:24000
Pyxo-Kimberlina-Cochora association, 2 to 15 percent slopes472955466560hnhbca69120081:24000
Kimberlina gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes214883466400hnb5ca69120081:24000
Kimberlina-Granoso complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded216672466401hnb6ca69120081:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KIMBERLINA 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 .