Soil Data Explorer - BOOTHBAY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BOOTHBAY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BOOTHBAY, 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 BOOTHBAY 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
n/a	91P0054	S90ME019008	Boothbay	6	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 BOOTHBAY 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 BOOTHBAY 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 BOOTHBAY 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 BOOTHBAY 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 BOOTHBAY 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 BOOTHBAY 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the BOOTHBAY 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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 BOOTHBAY, 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. ME-2010-09-03-07 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

   Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Swanville-Boothbay-Nicholville general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine; 2003).

2. ME-2010-09-03-08 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

   Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Charles-Medomak-Cornish general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine; 2003).

3. ME-2012-02-03-02 | Knox and Lincoln Counties - January 1987

   The typical pattern of the soils on the landscape and the underlying material and bedrock in the Buxton-Scantic-Lyman map unit (Soil Survey of Knox and Lincoln Counties, Maine; January 1987).

4. ME-2012-02-03-03 | Knox and Lincoln Counties - January 1987

   The typical pattern of the soils on the landscape and the underlying material and bedrock in the Boothbay-Swanville-Lyman map unit (Soil Survey of Knox and Lincoln Counties, Maine; January 1987).

5. ME-2012-02-03-04 | Knox and Lincoln Counties - January 1987

   The typical pattern of the soils on the landscape and the underlying material and bedrock in the Peru-Swanville-Lyman map unit (Soil Survey of Knox and Lincoln Counties, Maine; January 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing BOOTHBAY 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
Boothbay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BoB	21293	284526	9k28	me027	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BoC	11056	284527	9k29	me027	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BoD	3463	284528	9k2b	me027	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded	BoE3	1559	284529	9k2c	me027	1979	1:20000
Boothbay very stony silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BpB	906	284530	9k2d	me027	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BoB	25275	284685	9k7d	me601	1983	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BoC	14169	284686	9k7f	me601	1983	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	BoD2	1214	284687	9k7g	me601	1983	1:20000
Swanville-Boothbay association, gently sloping	SYB	5118	285057	9kmd	me610	1992	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BoB	1008	284972	9kjn	me610	1992	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BoC	545	284973	9kjp	me610	1992	1:20000
Pushaw-Boothbay complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PbB	6955	740621	svp0	me612	2016	1:24000
Boothbay silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BoC	2427	740622	svp1	me612	2016	1:24000
Boothbay-Pushaw-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BuB	1156	2752435	2synr	me612	2016	1:24000
Boothbay silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BoD	950	740623	svp2	me612	2016	1:24000
Pushaw-Boothbay complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	PYB	903	2752437	2synt	me612	2016	1:24000
Boothbay silt loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes	BoE	291	740624	svp3	me612	2016	1:24000
Boothbay-Swanville association, gently sloping	BOB	12322	285304	9kwc	me615	1994	1:24000
Boothbay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BhB	1464	285307	9kwg	me615	1994	1:24000
Boothbay silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BuC	2785	281895	9gbd	vt015	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BuB	2169	281894	9gbc	vt015	1979	1:20000
Boothbay silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BuD	898	281896	9gbf	vt015	1979	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BOOTHBAY 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).