Soil Data Explorer - WESTBUTTE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WESTBUTTE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WESTBUTTE, 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 WESTBUTTE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
23	03N0325	02OR025003	Westbutte	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.535862,-119.7674179
23	03N0326	02OR025004	Westbutte	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.5324631,-119.6662674

Water Balance

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

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the WESTBUTTE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WESTBUTTE series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the WESTBUTTE 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 (updated 2024-10-23).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WESTBUTTE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WESTBUTTE series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the WESTBUTTE 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 (updated 2024-10-23).

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with WESTBUTTE, 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 (updated 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing WESTBUTTE 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
Ninemile-Westbutte-Softscrabble association	481	692	1034662	13qn6	ca685	2006	1:24000
Fitzwater-Westbutte association	398	50	1034760	13qrc	ca685	2006	1:24000
Layview-Westbutte-Hapgood association	1346	9990	474573	hxtt	nv759	1995	1:24000
Westbutte-Ashtre-Tusune association	1336	4990	474571	hxtr	nv759	1995	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	1182	3780	474514	hxrx	nv759	1995	1:24000
Reywat-Westbutte-Hapgood association	1327	3110	474567	hxtm	nv759	1995	1:24000
Hart Camp-Nutzan-Westbutte association	1279	1710	474551	hxt3	nv759	1995	1:24000
Fitzwater-Westbutte association	1265	740	474542	hxst	nv759	1995	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	1183	660	474515	hxry	nv759	1995	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop association	1335	650	474570	hxtq	nv759	1995	1:24000
Hart Camp-Reywat-Westbutte association	1276	310	474548	hxt0	nv759	1995	1:24000
Bullump-Westbutte-Harcany association	176	3060	474698	hxyv	nv760	1994	1:24000
Cleavage-Westbutte-Softscrabble complex	190	2735	474706	hxz3	nv760	1994	1:24000
Westbutte stony loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	181	1433	474701	hxyy	nv760	1994	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop association	940	332	474837	hy3b	nv760	1994	1:24000
Siscab-Westbutte-Rock outcrop association	1335	3076	475496	hysl	nv777	1993	1:24000
Bullump-Westbutte-Harcany association	1030	1420	475366	hynd	nv777	1993	1:24000
Westbutte stony loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	1530	877	475563	hyvr	nv777	1993	1:24000
Stookmoor-Westbutte complex, 25 to 50 percent north slopes	137E	12736	63463	2416	or620	1992	1:24000
Choptie-Westbutte complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes	25C	8704	63577	244w	or620	1992	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop association, cool, 20 to 60 percent slopes	4408CO	503	3385289	2msn	or626	2018	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 65 percent north slopes	362	65358	490795	jgq3	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop association, 20 to 60 percent slopes	365	46176	490798	jgq6	or628	1997	1:24000
Bocker-Westbutte complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	39	32774	490812	jgqn	or628	1997	1:24000
Lonegrave-Westbutte association, 20 to 40 percent slopes	110	21835	490472	jgcp	or628	1997	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte-Ninemile complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	230	17824	490623	jgjk	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent north slopes	363	17788	490796	jgq4	or628	1997	1:24000
Anatone-Westbutte-Rock outcrop association, 20 to 60 percent slopes	13	17095	490495	jgdf	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent south slopes	364	13704	490797	jgq5	or628	1997	1:24000
Pernty-Westbutte-Ninemile association, 5 to 50 percent slopes	257	12807	490661	jgks	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Observation association, 5 to 40 percent slopes	368	12542	490801	jgq9	or628	1997	1:24000
Erakatak-Merlin-Westbutte complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes	99	11732	490980	jgx2	or628	1997	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	229	11684	490620	jgjg	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop association, cool, 20 to 60 percent slopes	366	8827	490799	jgq7	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop association, moist, 20 to 60 percent slopes	367	7074	490800	jgq8	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte extremely stony loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes	360	5888	490793	jgq1	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop-Pernty association, 20 to 40 percent slopes	369	5838	490802	jgqb	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte-Bocker complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	361	4394	490794	jgq2	or628	1997	1:24000
Lonegrave-Rock outcrop-Westbutte complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	105	2352	490465	jgcg	or628	1997	1:24000
Westbutte very stony loam, 20 to 50 percent north slopes	359	2118	490790	jgpy	or628	1997	1:24000
Cleavage-Ninemile-Westbutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	250	3158	1689760	1tqbd	or635	2006	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	487	1633	1689989	1tqks	or635	2006	1:24000
Westbutte-Lambring-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 65 percent north slopes	672	1448	1690171	1tqrn	or635	2006	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop-Pernty association, 20 to 40 percent slopes	673	1378	1690172	1tqrp	or635	2006	1:24000
Lonegrave-Rock outcrop-Westbutte complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	308	1181	1689817	1tqd7	or635	2006	1:24000
Pernty-Westbutte-Ninemile association, 5 to 50 percent slopes	516	1059	1690016	1tqln	or635	2006	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte-Ninemile extremely stony complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	488	745	1689990	1tqkt	or635	2006	1:24000
Hackwood-Westbutte complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	349	159	1689857	1tqfj	or635	2006	1:24000
Fitzwater-Westbutte association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	91F	5990	489461	jfb2	or636	1991	1:24000
Lonegrave-Westbutte association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	84F	2580	489452	jf9s	or636	1991	1:24000
Westbutte-Ninemile complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	263F	2499	489127	jdz9	or636	1991	1:24000
Westbutte-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 70 percent north slopes	264G	2209	489128	jdzb	or636	1991	1:24000
Ninemile-Westbutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	181C	1758	489006	jdvd	or636	1991	1:24000
Westbutte extremely stony loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	262E	1443	489126	jdz8	or636	1991	1:24000
Bocker-Westbutte complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	5045	2341	3115635	2yggj	or645		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WESTBUTTE 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 (updated 2024-10-30).