Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the UFFENS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of UFFENS, 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 UFFENS 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
n/a40A3773S1976WY043000UFFENS5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 UFFENS 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 mountains figure.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with UFFENS, 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

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  1. WY-2012-03-23-11 | Natrona County Area - 1997

    Diagram of the Cambria-Zigweid association, dry, sloping, on plateaus dissected by many drainageways. Chipenhill gravelly clay loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes, is on plateau breaks, and the Effington-Uffens complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is on terraces (Soil Survey of Natrona County Area, WY; 1997).

Map Units

Map units containing UFFENS 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
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes77852496658jnt7co67919761:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopesMC752223170501k0b9co67919761:24000
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes, very stonyMC47D1753170495k09jco67919761:24000
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes, very stony4710863506742k09jco68019701:31680
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes758729506766k0b9co68019701:31680
Utaline, sodic-Uffens complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes, very stony47D4668506743k09kco68019701:31680
Uffens loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes703513496735jnwqco68219861:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopesMC7517743170507k0b9co68219861:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes954367497051jp6xco68519791:24000
Uffens fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes2053419497175jpbxco68619921:31680
Shotnick-Uffens complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes561080506283jztqco69219981:24000
Eghelm-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes20155506231jzs1co69219981:24000
Huerfano-Muff-Uffens complex, gently slopingHU43916566091wx3nm61819781:63360
Doak-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopesDu20076565941wwmnm61819781:63360
Doak-Uffens complex, 3 to 8 percent slopesDw1377565951wwnnm61819781:63360
Motto-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes15591724963992pvz6ut0131:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes24876424963942pvz5ut0131:24000
Uffens loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes24929616983421v087ut0131:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes25015617080441vbc6ut0131:24000
Uffens loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes24910711505527jz1but04719991:24000
Motto-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes1557450505423jyxzut04719991:24000
Uffens loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes2484362505526jz19ut04719991:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes2502988505529jz1dut04719991:24000
Hanksville-Uffens complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes981349505644jz53ut04719991:24000
Eghelm-Uffens complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes69198505612jz42ut04719991:24000
Uffens silt loamUF3549481512j51nut60219691:20000
Uffens silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes1171275481794j5brut61819951:24000
Uffens loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes116373481793j5bqut61819951:24000
Uffens silt loamUE10035482426j604ut63219701:20000
Yenrab-Uffens complex, 0 to 10 percent slopesYUC6370482437j60hut63219701:20000
Uffens-Uvada silt loams, erodedUH22978482428j606ut63219701:20000
Uffens-Swasey complex, 0 to 10 percent slopesUFC2231482427j605ut63219701:20000
Poganeab-Uffens-Uvada associationPU1729482411j5znut63219701:20000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes212633566552y4ygwy04319761:24000
Youngston-Uffens-Lostwells complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes8460232152133539jwy04319761:24000
Uffens-Rairdent complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes71314991521195392wy04319761:24000
Lostwells-Youngston complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes42221011520875381wy04319761:24000
Uffens-Persayo complex, 1 to 30 percent slopes7095521521185391wy04319761:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Griffy complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes211232533102z1ybwy6031:24000
Rairdent-Uffens complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes -- Draft367CE24308732mlj8wy6031:24000
Youngston-Uffens complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft60124935422pqlpwy6031:24000
Uffens-Glenton complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes, frequently flooded110731708712y4y9wy6031:24000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes212631708742y4ygwy6031:24000
Uffens-Oregon Basin-like complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes110332532942wxk3wy6031:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes212832533662y4yhwy6031:24000
Kinnear-like, occasionally flooded-Uffens-Dobent, frequently flooded complex, 1 to 4 percent slopesA10532533762ztkfwy6031:24000
Muff-Uffens-Persayo complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes -- Draft570AD2806815224353f2wy6031:24000
Rairdent-Uffens complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes -- Draft367AC1029215217553bwwy6031:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft67AC633515225253fcwy6031:24000
Kinnear-Uffens-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft468AC484215222653djwy6031:24000
Effington-Uffens complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes17813385502266jvn4wy62519851:24000
Uffens, thick surface-Uffens very fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes2908584502426jvt9wy62519851:24000
Uffens, runon-Typic Torrifluvents complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes2915505502427jvtbwy62519851:24000
Uffens sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes212829119612y4yhwy6291:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Muff complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft56915260253snwy6291:24000
Uffens-Oregon Basin-like complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes110329690362wxk3wy6291:24000
Uffens-Glenton complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes, frequently flooded110729119552y4y9wy6291:24000
Effington-Kinnear-like-Uffens complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes212629119602y4ygwy6291:24000
Uffens loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes226832532662ztjcwy6291:24000
Croxell-like, frequently flooded-Uffens, occasionally flooded complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes111729119022w7j8wy6291:24000
Uffens-Meeteetse-Griffy complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes211231709032z1ybwy6291:24000
Uffens-Muff-Frisite loams, 1 to 12 percent slopes0072684615742758t9wy6471:24000
Uffens-Muff-Frisite loams, 1 to 12 percent slopes21632732503093jwhtwy71319861:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the UFFENS 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 .