Soil Data Explorer - CHAUTAUQUA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

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Water Balance

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CHAUTAUQUA 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 CHAUTAUQUA 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 CHAUTAUQUA 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 CHAUTAUQUA, 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-2010-09-28-01 | Cattarugus County - 2007

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Cattarugus County, New York; 2007).

2. NY-2012-02-15-08 | Chautauqua County - August 1994

   A representative landscape showing the relative location of some important soils and the depth to a seasonal high water table (Soil Survey of Chautauqua County, New York; August 1994).

3. NY-2012-02-15-10 | Chautauqua County - August 1994

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Chautauqua County, New York; August 1994).

4. NY-2012-02-15-24 | Greene County - February 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Burdett-Nunda-Lyons association (Soil Survey of Greene County, New York; February 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing CHAUTAUQUA 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
Chautauqua gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CgB	3556	288705	9pf2	ny001	1985	1:15840
Chautauqua gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CgC	1406	288706	9pf3	ny001	1985	1:15840
Chautauqua silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	56B	7268	289643	2vzpq	ny009	2002	1:24000
Chautauqua silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	56C	3970	289644	2vzpr	ny009	2002	1:24000
Chautauqua silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	56D	1024	289645	2vzps	ny009	2002	1:24000
Chautauqua silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CkB	45930	289796	2vzpq	ny013	1988	1:15840
Chautauqua silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CkC	34694	289797	2vzpr	ny013	1988	1:15840
Chautauqua silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	CkD	5757	289798	2vzps	ny013	1988	1:15840
Chautauqua loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ChB	264	291613	9sfw	ny039	1985	1:24000
Chautauqua loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ChC	181	291614	9sfx	ny039	1985	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHAUTAUQUA 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).