Soil Data Explorer - ABSCOTA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ABSCOTA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ABSCOTA, 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 ABSCOTA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
111C	WH7606	1976IN181006	Abscota	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.5621528,-86.7766944
114A	CL7709	1977IN021009	Abscota	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.3496889,-87.0856167
122	LW7907	1979IN093007	Abscota	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8323889,-86.5384361
n/a	WA-060	1962-OH165-060	Abscota	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	KO8107	1981IN085007	Abscota	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ABSCOTA 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 ABSCOTA series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ABSCOTA 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 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the ABSCOTA 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 2023-10-04).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ABSCOTA share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ABSCOTA 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 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the ABSCOTA 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 2023-10-04).

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ABSCOTA, 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 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

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

1. IN-2010-09-02-01 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Williamstown-Metea-Riddles association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

2. IN-2010-09-02-09 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Cohoctah-Abscota association (Soil Survery of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

3. IN-2012-01-19-41 | Pulaski County - January 1968

   Topographical relationships between a few of the major soils in the county (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 1968).

Map Units

Map units containing ABSCOTA 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
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, brief duration	AahAK	1055	165295	5k03	in039	1997	1:12000
Abscota fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	Ab	112	160846	5dcl	in085	1985	1:20000
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, brief duration	AahAK	536	2530222	2qnf6	in099	1978	1:15840
Cohoctah-Abscota complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	CnzAI	1794	184932	66fk	in131	2001	1:12000
Abscota fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, brief duration	AadAK	377	184918	66f3	in131	2001	1:12000
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, brief duration	AahAK	1302	200307	6qfj	in141	2001	1:12000
Abscota loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	Ab	1053	161834	5fdg	in181	1979	1:20000
Cohoctah-Abscota sandy loams	2	1918	186158	67q3	mi021	1979	1:15840
Abscota sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	52B	853	186184	67qy	mi021	1979	1:15840
Abscota sandy loam	Ad	373	187863	69h3	mi067	1965	1:15840
Abscota loamy sand	Ab	308	187861	69h1	mi067	1965	1:15840
Abscota loam	Ac	263	187862	69h2	mi067	1965	1:15840
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	24A	1933	187116	68q0	mi081	1984	1:15840
Abscota loamy sand	Ab	266	191965	6frf	mi087	1966	1:15840
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AbB	745	186628	6868	mi111	1976	1:15840
Abscota sand	Ab	235	189973	6cp5	mi133	1966	1:15840
Abscota loam	Ac	63	189974	6cp6	mi133	1966	1:15840
Eel, Landes, and Abscota soils	109	220	2422493	2m9sy	mi145	1991	1:15840
Eel, Landes, and Abscota soils	En	318	187793	69dv	mi155	1967	1:12000
Glendora-Algansee-Abscota complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	130A	1604	631193	p5t2	mi614	2005	1:12000
Abscota variant sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	1822B	395	398230	fcd4	mn055	1981	1:15840
Minneiska-Abscota complex, occasionally flooded	1081	3835	431512	gh0r	mn143	1991	1:20000
Abscota variant sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	1822B	360	428995	gddk	mn169	1987	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ABSCOTA 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 2023-10-04).