Soil Data Explorer - ENFIELD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ENFIELD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ENFIELD, 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 ENFIELD 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
144A	40A0473	S1957NH013004	Enfield	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.044445,-71.4499969
144A	40A1240	S1969CT009004	Enfield	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4666672,-73.2444458
144A	40A1241	S1969CT011001	Enfield	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4486122,-71.8936081
144A	00P1232	S2000RI009001	Enfield	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4778328,-71.5616913
144A	URI130907	S2013RI009007	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.479237,-71.5636038
144A	URI130908	S2013RI009008	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4673618,-71.6870389
144A	URI130910	S2013RI009010	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4776846,-71.561917
144A	URI130911	S2013RI009011	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4871624,-71.5694862
144A	URI130912	S2013RI009012	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.465859,-71.5565386
144A	URI130918	S2013RI009018	Enfield	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.50915,-71.56785

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ENFIELD 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 ENFIELD 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 ENFIELD 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 hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ENFIELD, 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. MA-2012-02-01-03 | Barnstable County - March 1993

   Relationship of soils, landscapes, and parent material in the Enfield-Merrimac-Carver general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Barnstable County, Massachusetts; March 1993).

2. MA-2012-02-02-27 | Plymouth County - 1969

   Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in associations 7 and 8 (Soil Survey of Plymouth County, Massachusetts; 1969).

3. NY-2012-02-15-31 | Nassau County - February 1987

   Typical relationship of soils and underlying deposits in the Montauk-Enfield general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Nassau County, New York; February 1987).

4. NY-2012-02-15-32 | Nassau County - February 1987

   Typical relationship of soils and underlying deposits in the Riverhead-Enfield-Urban land general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Nassau County, New York; February 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing ENFIELD 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
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	704A	5076	3395970	2y07p	ct601	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	704B	4254	3395971	2y07q	ct601	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	704C	452	3395972	2y07r	ct601	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	704B	1043	3400344	2y07q	ct602	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	704A	682	3400343	2y07p	ct602	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	704C	45	3400345	2y07r	ct602	2003	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	265A	9977	276513	98qs	ma001	1984	1:25000
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	265B	4242	276514	98qt	ma001	1984	1:25000
Enfield silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	265C	692	276515	98qv	ma001	1984	1:25000
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	265A	630	277415	99nw	ma607	1975	1:15840
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	265B	359	277416	99nx	ma607	1975	1:15840
Enfield silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	265C	226	277417	99ny	ma607	1975	1:15840
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	EnA	3674	292908	9tsn	ny059	1983	1:24000
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EnB	2634	292909	9tsp	ny059	1983	1:24000
Enfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	EfA	4829	286233	9lvb	ri600	1977	1:12000
Enfield silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EfB	4422	286234	9lvc	ri600	1977	1:12000
Hinckley-Enfield complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	HnC	3691	286242	2svlt	ri600	1977	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ENFIELD 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).