Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
14860PA0910051960PA091005Abbottstown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2105556,-75.4025
14860PA0910091960PA091009Abbottstown4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3008333,-75.5497222

Water Balance

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

Click the image to view it full size.



Click the image to view it full size.

Sibling Summary

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

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ABBOTTSTOWN 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 .

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ABBOTTSTOWN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ABBOTTSTOWN 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 .

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

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 ABBOTTSTOWN, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

  1. MD-2010-09-07-04 | Frederick County - 2002

    Relationship of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Penn-Klinesville-Reaville general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Frederick County, Maryland; 2002).

  2. MD-2012-02-03-19 | Frederick County - 2002

    Relationship of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Penn-Klinesville-Reaville general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Frederick County, Maryland; 2002).

  3. PA-2010-09-30-01 | Adams County - 2005

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Penn-Klinesville-Croton general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Adams County, Pennsylvania; 2005).

  4. PA-2012-03-12-28 | Bucks and Philadelphia Counties - July 1975

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Abbottstown-Doylestown-Reaville soil association (Soil Survey of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties County, PA; 1975).

  5. PA-2012-03-12-29 | Bucks and Philadelphia Counties - July 1975

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Abbottstown-Readington-Reaville soil association (Soil Survey of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties County, PA; 1975).

  6. PA-2012-03-12-30 | Bucks and Philadelphia Counties - July 1975

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Penn-Klinesville soil association (Soil Survey of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties County, PA; 1975).

  7. PA-2012-03-12-32 | Bucks and Philadelphia Counties - July 1975

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Lansdale-Lawrenceville soil association (Soil Survey of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties County, PA; 1975).

  8. PA-2012-03-13-72 | Montgomery County - April 1967

    Typical landscape in the northern part of Montgomery County, showing the relationship of the soils formed on red shale and siltstone (Soil Survey of Montgomery County, PA; 1967).

Map Units

Map units containing ABBOTTSTOWN 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
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB297824939412v7gdmd01320101:12000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA270724939402tt88md01320101:12000
Croton-Abbottstown silt loams, 3 to 8 percent slopesCrB4975534950kyngmd02120011:12000
Croton-Abbottstown silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesCrA796534943kyn7md02120011:12000
Abbottstown silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesAbrB383714785221lmj8nj01919701:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbrA15855485662tt88nj01919701:24000
Readington and Abbottstown silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesREFB22841352024jpcnj02119691:24000
Readington and Abbottstown silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesREFA9251352014jpbnj02119691:24000
Readington and Abbottstown silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedREFB22961352034jpdnj02119691:24000
Readington and Abbottstown silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedREFC21371352044jpfnj02119691:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesAbrB814453741kj0znj02119691:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesAbrB122714050071j50tnj03519721:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbrA26314050052tt88nj03519721:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA151665455452tt88pa00119911:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB74935455462v7gdpa00119911:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA22705429642tt88pa01119971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB4945429652v7gdpa01119971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB183685435892v7gdpa01719971:24000
Urban land-Abbottstown complex, 0 to 8 percent slopesUgB11442543733l7sspa01719971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA92955435882tt88pa01719971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesAbC14555435902yh2qpa01719971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB20415427152v7gdpa07119821:15840
Abbottstown extremely stony silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAsB326542716l6qzpa07119821:15840
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB6105412632v7gdpa07519761:20000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA3455412622tt88pa07519761:20000
Abbottstown silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesAbC15430972yh2qpa07719971:24000
Abbottstown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesAbB778822305912v7gdpa09120081:12000
Abbottstown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesAbA30735411442tt88pa09120081:12000
Urban land-Abbottstown complex, 0 to 8 percent slopesUrcB96223839402l0p9pa09120081:12000
Urban land-Abbottstown complexUc2614795691lnm1pa10119711:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ABBOTTSTOWN 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 .