Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the LARKIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of LARKIN, 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 LARKIN 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
43A77-ID-297477ID057007Larkin4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.8704,-117.0057
43A77-ID-298677ID057014Larkin5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6634,-116.7521792
976-ID-29661976ID057005Larkin5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.86975,-117.0135833
904N0219S2003ID009001Larkin6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.3633347,-116.9800034

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 LARKIN 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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

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 LARKIN, 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 LARKIN 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
Larkin silt loam, 12 to 35 percent slopes242533224872692ph6hid05720131:24000
Larkin silt loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes23717224872682ph6gid05720131:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 7 to 25 percent slopes8552024872532ph5zid05720131:24000
Southwick-Larkin complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes45j17225020772ntcid05720131:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes24j1325020742nxmid05720131:24000
Larkin silt loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes1382460794282nn6id60619761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 3 to 20 percent slopes, eroded1401810794302nn8id60619761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes139302794292nn7id60619761:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes36411326629801nvhpid60619761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes6040592662925nvf9id60619761:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes6041592662926nvfbid60619761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes3614126629771hn7rid60619761:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes6042182662927nvfdid60619761:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes93631526629352mdm6id60619761:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes61411126629302dtzjid60619761:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes367826629852kp7wid60619761:24000
Southwick-Larkin complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes6045626629282mdq1id60619761:24000
Southwick-Larkin complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes12210663795882ntcid61119941:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes749780796892nxmid61119941:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes366878796472nw8id61119941:24000
Jacket-Larkin complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes472453796592nwnid61119941:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes74j104679207qsrxid61119941:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes592256777317v2vrid61220031:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes1591270777319v2vtid61220031:24000
Southwick-Larkin complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes2181014777383v2xwid61220031:24000
Larkin silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes2y6tj39330988792y6tjid61719761:24000
Jacket-Larkin complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes2y6tb39030988762y6tbid61719761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 20 to 40 percent slopes532341540282y6tkid61719761:24000
Larkin silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes2y6tj44730989032y6tjid61819651:24000
Jacket-Larkin complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes2y6tb32330988992y6tbid61819651:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes364449315448131nvhpid62020131:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes363255515448121nvhnid62020131:24000
Larkin silt loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes360237013898451hn7qid62020131:24000
Larkin silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes361138613898461hn7rid62020131:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes36758023739142kp7wid62020131:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes604117017621219nvfbwa06320121:24000
Larkin silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes60404310621218nvf9wa06320121:24000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes6141310922295052dtzjwa06320121:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes60422516621221nvfdwa06320121:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes604385122295042dtzhwa06320121:24000
Southwick-Larkin complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes604582724252862mdq1wa06320121:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes936369224251982mdm6wa06320121:24000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes936721224252002mdm8wa06320121:24000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes936413224251992mdm7wa06320121:24000
Larkin silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes5127796854829b7wa07519751:20000
Larkin silt loam, 40 to 55 percent slopes539836855029b9wa07519751:20000
Larkin silt loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes527486854929b8wa07519751:20000
Larkin silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes505136854729b6wa07519751:20000
Driscoll-Larkin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes61412926513772dtzjwa07519751:20000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes60431726513652dtzhwa07519751:20000
Larkin-Southwick complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes6042122651364nvfdwa07519751:20000
Larkin-Driscoll complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes93631126513822mdm6wa07519751:20000
Larkin silt loam, 40 to 65 percent slopesLaF6201696742bhkwa61319671:20000
Larkin silt loam, moderately shallow, 0 to 25 percent slopesLkD1740696752bhlwa61319671:20000
Larkin silt loam, moderately shallow, 25 to 40 percent slopesLkE864696762bhmwa61319671:20000
Larkin silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, severely erodedLrD3593696772bhnwa61319671:20000
Larkin silt loam, 25 to 40 percent slopesLaE2279698102bmywa62319701:20000
Larkin silt loam, 40 to 60 percent slopesLaF2105698112bmzwa62319701:20000
Larkin silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesLaD1558698092bmxwa62319701:20000
Larkin silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopesLaC1031698082bmwwa62319701:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LARKIN 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 .