Soil Data Explorer - CHESHIRE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CHESHIRE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CHESHIRE, 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 CHESHIRE 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
145	40A1237	69CT009001	Cheshire	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4297218,-72.7986145
145	40A1238	69CT009002	Cheshire	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5327797,-72.9133301
145	40A1239	69CT009003	Cheshire	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4891663,-72.930275
145	85P0057	83CT009001	Cheshire	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4041672,-72.9258347
145	85P0055	83CT009002	Cheshire	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4166679,-72.7783356
145	97P0102	96CT007001	Cheshire	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.503334,-72.7399979
149B	96P0179	S1995NY085044	Cheshire	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.5720528,-74.1581778

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE 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 CHESHIRE, 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-2012-02-15-40 | Rockland County - October 1990

   Relationship between soils, landscape position, and parent materials in Rockland County (Soil Survey of Rockland County, New York; October 1990).

2. NY-2012-02-15-46 | Sullivan County - July 1989

   Typical landscape pattern of the soils and the underlying material in the Wellsboro-Oquaga-Lackawanna general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Sullivan County, New York; July 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing CHESHIRE 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
Cheshire-Holyoke complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	77C	9216	3395818	9lqs	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	63B	9182	3395794	9lpw	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Holyoke complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	77D	6777	3395819	9lqt	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	63C	3293	3395795	9lpx	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	263B	3082	3395689	9lld	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	64B	2468	3395797	9lpz	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	65C	2403	3395799	9lq1	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	263C	2118	3395690	9llf	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	63D	1346	3395796	9lpy	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	64C	1142	3395798	9lq0	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	65D	424	3395800	9lq2	ct601	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Holyoke complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	77C	2879	3400191	9lqs	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Holyoke complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	77D	2321	3400192	9lqt	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	63B	1737	3400167	9lpw	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	64B	1135	3400170	9lpz	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	63C	538	3400168	9lpx	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	64C	433	3400171	9lq0	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	263C	93	3400063	9llf	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	63D	59	3400169	9lpy	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	65D	30	3400173	9lq2	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	263B	13	3400062	9lld	ct602	2003	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	462C	395	621164	nvck	ma011	2012	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	462D	92	621165	nvcl	ma011	2012	1:12000
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	462B	1	1903076	21w9k	ma607	1975	1:15840
Cheshire loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CeC	109	2484583	2pddv	ny085	2014	1:12000
Cheshire loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	CeD	99	2589081	2r301	ny085	2014	1:12000
Cheshire loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CeB	55	2484582	2pddt	ny085	2014	1:12000
Cheshire loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	CeA	10	2484581	2pdds	ny085	2014	1:12000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	CuB	3334	293237	9v48	ny087	1986	1:24000
Cheshire gravelly fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	CrB	2386	293235	9v46	ny087	1986	1:24000
Cheshire gravelly fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CrC	731	293236	9v47	ny087	1986	1:24000
Cheshire-Urban land complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	CuC	592	293238	9v49	ny087	1986	1:24000
Cheshire channery loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	CsC	3443	295060	9x12	ny105	1984	1:15840
Cheshire channery loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, stony	CsD	3339	295061	9x13	ny105	1984	1:15840
Cheshire channery loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, stony	CsF	2748	295063	9x15	ny105	1984	1:15840
Cheshire channery loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, stony	CsB	2596	295059	9x11	ny105	1984	1:15840
Cheshire channery loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, stony	CsE	2153	295062	9x14	ny105	1984	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHESHIRE 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).