Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
1432013NH6050082013NH605008Cabot1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0968672,-71.7969906
1432013NH6050092013NH605009Cabot1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0878267,-71.7937413
1432013NH6050102013NH605010Cabot1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0893015,-71.7945477
14393P007192VT027001Cabot6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9127769,-72.7844467
14393P007292VT027002Cabot6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9147224,-72.7847214
14310N0728S09VT007006Cabot6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.4220123,-73.0720444
144A1982MA011001S1982MA011001Cabot3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.65305,-72.6746778
144B2013NH6050432013NH605043Cabot1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0768222,-71.8103472
n/a40A541759VT017001Cabot6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a40A541859VT017003Cabot6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

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

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

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Geomorphic description summaries for the CABOT 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 .

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Competing Series

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

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the CABOT 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 .

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 CABOT, 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

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  1. VT-2012-03-22-03 | Chittenden County - January 1974

    Relationship of soils in associations 13 and 14 (Soil Survey of Chittenden County, VT; 1974).

Map Units

Map units containing CABOT 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
Cabot-Howland association, 0 to 15 percent slopesCAB82914784261lmf5me61920051:24000
Howland-Cabot association, 0 to 15 percent slopesHWB24814784251lmf4me61920051:24000
Peacham-Wonsqueak-Cabot association, 0 to 8 percent slopesPCA714784211lmf0me61920051:24000
Howland-Cabot association, gently sloping, very stony964B315002807609f4snh60720001:24000
Cabot-Howland association, gently sloping, very stony965B231242807619f4tnh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony590B112352806852qgwfnh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony590C77952806872qgwgnh60720001:24000
Peacham-Wonsqueak-Cabot association, nearly level, extremely stony768A20612807419f45nh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes589B10512806832qgwbnh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes589C10112806842qgwcnh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes589A1632806822qgw9nh60720001:24000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCbC104942812382ty55vt00119671:15840
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesCaB5092812372ty54vt00119671:15840
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony113B33862813712qgwfvt00319921:20000
Peru-Berkshire-Cabot association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony413D16242814842xk0qvt00319921:20000
Cabot-Carlisle association, undulating, very stony403B2272814749fwtvt00319921:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony23B357372828742qgwfvt00520061:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony23C192862828752qgwgvt00520061:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes22B95502828722qgwbvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery87C80422829962w9nrvt00520061:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes22C56452828732qgwcvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony73C35412829732w9nnvt00520061:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery86C20322829952qgwdvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony73B14202829722w9nlvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes72B4082829692w9nkvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes72C2512829702w9nmvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony73D2132829742w9nqvt00520061:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes72D82829712w9npvt00520061:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes, very stonyCbD114982816762ty53vt00719691:15840
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopesCaC32582816742ty50vt00719691:15840
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stonyCbA8612816752trpcvt00719691:15840
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesCaA7022816732trpbvt00719691:15840
Cabot-Colonel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stonySIE127277424099642w9nfvt00920121:
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonySIE115289524099632qgwfvt00920121:
Tunbridge-Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stonySIE423751024099762w9ntvt00920121:
Cabot-Colonel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesSIE12N103525050022w9njvt00920121:
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesSIE11N89425050012qgwbvt00920121:
Tunbridge-Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, rockySIE42N49925050072w9nsvt00920121:
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCbB248782817792ty52vt01119761:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stonyCbA44892817782trpcvt01119761:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesCaB14092817772ty51vt01119761:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesCaA12632817762trpbvt01119761:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyFrB126502819042qgwfvt01519791:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCbB377182793922ty56vt01719751:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesCaB62992793892trpdvt01719751:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesCaC27042793902qgwcvt01719751:20000
Cabot silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stonyCbD20502793932ty58vt01719751:20000
Cabot silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesCaD2142793912ty57vt01719751:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony59B534122835022qgwfvt01920051:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes47B185962834782qgwbvt01920051:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony59C172982835042qgwgvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony259C128052834352w9nnvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony259B64682834342w9nlvt01920051:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes47C55842834792qgwcvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes247B44572834302w9nkvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes247C18652834312w9nmvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony259D12092834362w9nqvt01920051:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes47A5262834772qgw9vt01920051:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery359C5714001252qgwdvt01920051:20000
Colonel-Cabot complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes247D522834322w9npvt01920051:20000
Brayton-Cabot-Pinnebog association, rolling, very stony403C37212823149grxvt02119851:20000
Mundal-Cabot association, hilly, very stony703D28562824319gwpvt02119851:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony6A16122824222qgwfvt02119851:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony18C114442825742qgwgvt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony18B106252825732qgwfvt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes17B75202825692qgwbvt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes17C45962825702qgwcvt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely bouldery98B23022827992ty59vt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery98C17782828002ty5bvt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes17A4202825682qgw9vt02319961:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony31B72982831842qgwfvt02720001:20000
Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes30B32252831812trpdvt02720001:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony31C14282831852qgwgvt02720001:20000
Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes30C10872831822qgwcvt02720001:20000
Cabot-Pondicherry-Wonsqueak association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony403B3372833442w9r7vt02720001:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CABOT 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 .