Soil Data Explorer - BICE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the BICE 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 BICE 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).

Competing Series

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the BICE 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 BICE 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BICE, 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. NY-2012-02-15-49 | Warren County - January 1989

   Typical relationship of upland and valley soils to landscape position and underlying deposits near the Schroon River (Soil Survey of Warren County, New York; January 1989).

2. NY-2012-02-15-50 | Warren County - January 1989

   Typical relationship of soils and underlying deposits in the Bice-Woodstock general soil map unit, which is generally at an elevation of about 1,000 to 1,500 feet (Soil Survey of Warren County, New York; January 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing BICE 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
Bice-Millsite complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	413C	9012	3395875	9lsm	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice-Millsite complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, very rocky	413E	5835	3395876	9lsn	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	417C	4276	3395882	9lsv	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	417D	3633	3395883	9lsw	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	417B	1352	3395881	9lst	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	412B	500	3395901	qwy4	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	412C	252	3395897	qwxz	ct601	2003	1:12000
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	412D	114	3395900	qwy3	ct601	2003	1:12000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 25 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	463E	5943	1600786	1qqr8	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	463C	5564	1601859	1qrvw	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	464E	4115	1600790	1qqrd	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	464D	2849	1600788	1qqrb	nh603		1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	226D	1806	1544912	1nvlw	nh603		1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	226C	1629	1544911	1nvlv	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	463B	1393	1601858	1qrvv	nh603		1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	226B	426	1544910	1nvlt	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	462C	311	1600782	1qqr4	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	462B	263	1600780	1qqr2	nh603		1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	225B	245	1544909	1nvls	nh603		1:24000
Woodstock-Bice fine sandy loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes	462D	206	1600784	1qqr6	nh603		1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, strongly sloping, very stony	BsC	5246	290117	9qwm	ny019	1995	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BrB	3938	290115	9qwk	ny019	1995	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BrC	1659	290116	9qwl	ny019	1995	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, moderately steep, very stony	BsD	520	290118	9qwn	ny019	1995	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	200B	6	2753630	1ndsq	ny043	2018	1:24000
Bice-Pinckney complex, undulating	BmB	7114	291778	9sm6	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice-Pinckney complex, rolling	BmC	6087	291779	9sm7	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice very stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes	BkC	5320	291775	9sm3	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BhB	4517	291771	9slz	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice-Haights complex, rolling	BlC	3068	291777	9sm5	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice-Haights complex, undulating	BlB	2222	291776	9sm4	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BhC	1997	291772	9sm0	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes	BhF	1506	291774	9sm2	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BhD	1066	291773	9sm1	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice-Pinckney complex, hilly	BmD	661	291780	9sm8	ny045	1981	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	200C	8871	1531640	1ndsr	ny065	1993	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	200B	7974	1531639	1ndsq	ny065	1993	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes	200E	4917	1531642	1ndst	ny065	1993	1:24000
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	200D	4175	1531641	1ndss	ny065	1993	1:24000
Bice loam, strongly sloping, stony	BOC	12195	294339	9w8t	ny091	1993	1:24000
Bice loam, steep, stony	BOE	4557	294340	9w8v	ny091	1993	1:24000
Bice-Woodstock complex, steep, stony	BPE	1210	294342	9w8x	ny091	1993	1:24000
Bice-Woodstock complex, strongly sloping, stony	BPC	814	294341	9w8w	ny091	1993	1:24000
Bice very bouldery fine sandy loam, sloping	BdC	92539	295866	9xw2	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice very bouldery fine sandy loam, steep	BdE	71027	295867	9xw3	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice-Woodstock very bouldery fine sandy loams, steep	BeE	32850	295869	9xw5	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice-Woodstock very bouldery fine sandy loams, sloping	BeC	12389	295868	9xw4	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BcB	4173	295863	9xvz	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BcC	2522	295864	9xw0	ny113	1982	1:15840
Bice fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BcD	525	295865	9xw1	ny113	1982	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BICE 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).