Soil Data Explorer - CHAMPLAIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CHAMPLAIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CHAMPLAIN, 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 CHAMPLAIN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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 CHAMPLAIN 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CHAMPLAIN, 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-2010-09-28-04 | Clinton County - 2006

   Typical pattern of deltaic sands and associated soils in the Champlain-Adams-Croghan general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Clinton County, New York; 2006).

Map Units

Map units containing CHAMPLAIN 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
Champlain loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	35B	3459	1600923	1qqwp	nh603		1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	35C	2325	1600925	1qqwr	nh603		1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 15 to 60 percent slopes	35E	2022	1600927	1qqwt	nh603		1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	35A	1284	1600921	1qqwm	nh603		1:24000
Champlain loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	35B	11015	280283	9dnd	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain-Woodstock complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	290C	5066	280316	9dpg	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy fine sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	35C	4545	280282	9dnc	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	35A	4510	280280	9dn9	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy fine sand, 15 to 60 percent slopes	35E	3558	280281	9dnb	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	789B	2930	1380087	1hb2y	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain-Woodstock complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	290D	2300	280315	9dpf	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain-Woodstock complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	290B	1713	280317	9dph	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain-Woodstock complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	290E	102	280314	9dpd	nh609	2007	1:24000
Champlain fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CgB	6300	290122	9qws	ny019	1995	1:24000
Champlain fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	CgA	2827	290121	9qwr	ny019	1995	1:24000
Champlain and Adams soils, very steep	ChF	2656	290124	9qwv	ny019	1995	1:24000
Champlain fine sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CgC	1266	290123	9qwt	ny019	1995	1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ChB	2791	316437	bm8n	ny031	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ChC	1767	316438	bm8p	ny031	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	ChD	1078	316439	bm8q	ny031	2007	1:24000
Champlain loamy sand, 25 to 45 percent slopes	ChE	812	316440	bm8r	ny031	2007	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHAMPLAIN 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).