Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CHESUNCOOK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CHESUNCOOK, 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 CHESUNCOOK 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
14308N01222007ME021003Chesuncook6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.0373611,-69.5956111
14308N0131S07ME025002.ChesuncookChesuncook6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.0549444,-69.9193611
14340A4196S1977ME021002Chesuncook6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.6305046,-69.5338211
144B11N8704S10ME019001Chesuncook6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.6772778,-69.0263056
144B40A0485S1962NH009003CHESUNCOOK6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.2355537,-71.851944

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CHESUNCOOK 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 CHESUNCOOK 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 CHESUNCOOK 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 CHESUNCOOK 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with CHESUNCOOK 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 CHESUNCOOK series and competing. 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 CHESUNCOOK 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 .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CHESUNCOOK, 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. ME-2010-09-03-02 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

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

Map Units

Map units containing CHESUNCOOK 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
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTHC281052850602t0jzme61019921:20000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyECC78782850032t0jvme61019921:20000
Chesuncook-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCLD50642849782t0jyme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCkC16532849862w3yvme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesChB11642849822t0jrme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyCkB7432849852w3ytme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stonyCkD6782849872w3yyme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesChC6772849832t0jsme61019921:20000
Chesuncook silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesChD2402849842w3yzme61019921:20000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCEC3849814830651ls7tme61220161:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyTRB3426114831131ls9cme61220161:24000
Telos-Chesuncook complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyCTB2432114831111ls99me61220161:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook association, 3 to 8 percent slopesEcB10406741290swclme61220161:24000
Chesuncook-Telos complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCTC8761190211921v9pme61220161:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook association, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyElB827624819922p9q8me61220161:24000
Telos-Chesuncook complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyTcB733826436332rk0cme61220161:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesChB5362741198sw8mme61220161:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonyCED4399744549szrqme61220161:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook association, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyElC320824819912p9q7me61220161:24000
Chesuncook-Telos complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTcC261114829771ls4zme61220161:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 8 to 15 percent slopesEcC229214830001ls5qme61220161:24000
Chesuncook-Telos-Urban land association, 0 to 8 percent slopesCuB194723960902lfb7me61220161:24000
Monson-Chesuncook-Telos association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, rockyMCB186714831061ls94me61220161:24000
Elliottsville-Urban land-Chesuncook association, 0 to 15 percent slopesEuC154923960882lfb5me61220161:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesChC1109741199sw8nme61220161:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook association, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonyElD78827524332synpme61220161:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTLC276522853672t0jqme61519941:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTHC155422853662t0jzme61519941:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCFD79032853092t0jtme61519941:24000
Chesuncook-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCHD19722853102t0jyme61519941:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesCeB13682853142t0jrme61519941:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesCeC4102853152t0jsme61519941:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook complex, 3 to 8 percent slopesEcB2582853302w10nme61519941:24000
Telos-Chesuncook complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyTCB63232856242w3z1me61720041:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCKC24322855392t0jvme61720041:24000
Chesuncook-Telos complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCLC19882855402w3z0me61720041:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesChB6412855472t0jrme61720041:24000
Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesChC2572855482t0jsme61720041:24000
Elliottsville-Chesuncook complex, 3 to 8 percent slopesEcB2502855682w10nme61720041:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTEC1556312856952t0jqme61920051:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTCC964172856972t0jzme61920051:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCHD535252856962t0jtme61920051:24000
Chesuncook-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCKC121582856982t0jyme61920051:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCHC55882856522t0jvme61920051:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTRC25323425499202t0jwme62020111:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCEE5317225499572t0k0me62020111:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTCC4032225499212t0jzme62020111:24000
Chesuncook-Ragmuff-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCRC515925499402t0jxme62020111:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Ragmuff association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTRC30320225498592t0jwme62120111:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCEE7978025498602t0k0me62120111:24000
Chesuncook-Ragmuff-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCRC3168625498712t0jxme62120111:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTCC1854725498612t0jzme62120111:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTCC5569619092972t0jzme62220071:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Elliottsville association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTEC2559419092952t0jqme62220071:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCED565919092962t0jtme62220071:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyCEC531619089522t0jvme62220071:24000
Chesuncook-Telos association, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyCHD247019092982t0jyme62220071:24000
Chesuncook-Telos association, moderately steep, very stony784D2382807449f48nh60720001:24000
Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos association, moderately steep, very stony882D1982807579f4pnh60720001:24000
Telos-Chesuncook-Elliottsvlle association, gently sloping, very stony782B1912807469f4bnh60720001:24000
Telos-Chesuncook association, gently sloping, very stony783B1332807459f49nh60720001:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHESUNCOOK 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 .