Soil Data Explorer - ERIE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ERIE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ERIE, 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 ERIE 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
140	63PA117008	1963PA117008	Erie	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7822222,-77.14
140	63PA117009	1963PA117009	Erie	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8091667,-77.0083333
140	68PA015013	1968PA015013	Erie	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8352778,-76.2938889
140	40A0252	S1959NY109013	Erie	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3741684,-76.4416656
140	11N0152	S2009NY123041	Erie	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.5876389,-77.19825

Water Balance

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

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ERIE 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 ERIE 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 ERIE 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.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ERIE, 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-2010-09-28-02 | Cattarugus County - 2007

   Representative landscape showing the relationship of some important soils and their parent material. The exaggerated schematics represent some typical soil profiles (Soil Survey of Cattarugus County, New York; 2007).

2. NY-2012-02-15-06 | Cayuga County - 1971

   Typical cross section of Langford-Erie association and Langford-Howard association in the southeastern part of the county (Soil Survey of Cayuga County, New York; 1971).

3. NY-2012-02-15-11 | Chautauqua County - August 1994

   Representative landscape showing the relationship of some important soils and their parent material. The exaggerated schematics represent some typical soil profiles (Soil Survey of Chautauqua County, New York; August 1994).

4. NY-2012-02-15-43 | Seneca County - April 1972

   Cross section of Langford-Erie and Conesus-Lansing associations in southern part of Seneca County (Soil Survey of Seneca County, New York; April 1972).

5. NY-2012-02-15-48 | Tompkins County - July 1965

   Typical cross section of southern Tompkins County soils, consisting mainly of low-lime and very low-lime soils with a fragipan (Soil Survey of Tompkins County, New York; July 1965).

Map Units

Map units containing ERIE 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
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	2008	299959	2wn36	ny003	2013	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	69B	1704	299958	2wn35	ny003	2013	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69A	136	299957	2wn34	ny003	2013	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	69B	7404	289681	2wn35	ny009	2002	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	2409	289682	2wn36	ny009	2002	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69A	938	289680	2wn34	ny009	2002	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	6810	289398	2wn35	ny011	1968	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	3493	289397	2wn34	ny011	1968	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, moderately shallow variant, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EsB	519	289400	9q4h	ny011	1968	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, moderately shallow variant, 0 to 3 percent slopes	EsA	176	289399	9q4g	ny011	1968	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	11752	289825	2wn3j	ny013	1988	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	1777	289824	2wn3f	ny013	1988	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ErC	1060	289826	2wn3l	ny013	1988	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	69B	2997	2723062	2wn3g	ny023	2014	1:12000
Erie silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	2040	2723063	2wn3k	ny023	2014	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	8437	290804	2wn35	ny029	1979	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	4388	290803	2wn34	ny029	1979	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ErC	663	290805	2wn36	ny029	1979	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	69B	6552	3100371	2wn35	ny051	2019	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69A	2062	3100373	2wn34	ny051	2019	1:24000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	1722	3100374	2wn36	ny051	2019	1:24000
Langford-Erie channery silt loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	64B	1028	2504265	2wn37	ny069	2012	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	69B	466	2482456	2wn35	ny069	2012	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	374	2482455	2wn36	ny069	2012	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69A	113	2482457	2wn34	ny069	2012	1:12000
Erie gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	22752	293920	9vv9	ny071	1976	1:15840
Erie extremely stony soils, gently sloping	ESB	17695	293921	9vvb	ny071	1976	1:15840
Erie gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	10643	293919	9vv8	ny071	1976	1:15840
Volusia, Morris, and Erie soils, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	VmC	14682	294566	2srfs	ny095	1965	1:15840
Burdett and Erie channery silt loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BrB	6480	294455	9wdk	ny095	1965	1:15840
Burdett and Erie channery silt loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BrC	1892	294456	9wdl	ny095	1965	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	8415	294607	2wn3h	ny097	1976	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	1942	294606	2wn3d	ny097	1976	1:15840
Erie silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ErC	777	294608	2wn3k	ny097	1976	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	1942	294718	2wn34	ny099	1966	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	1656	294719	2wn35	ny099	1966	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, moderately shallow variant, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EsB	231	294721	9wp4	ny099	1966	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, moderately shallow variant, 0 to 3 percent slopes	EsA	153	294720	9wp3	ny099	1966	1:15840
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EbB	21555	295598	2wn35	ny109	1963	1:20000
Erie-Chippewa channery silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	6111	295604	2vcj8	ny109	1963	1:20000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EbC	2919	295600	2wn36	ny109	1963	1:20000
Volusia and Erie soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	VrD	1277	295688	2v32l	ny109	1963	1:20000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	EbC3	813	295601	2wn3c	ny109	1963	1:20000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	EbB3	246	295599	2wn3b	ny109	1963	1:20000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EsB	22506	295349	2wn35	ny121	1969	1:20000
Erie silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ErA	11441	295348	2wn3d	ny121	1969	1:20000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EsC	1802	295350	2wn36	ny121	1969	1:20000
Langford-Erie channery silt loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	64B	10722	1407809	2wn37	ny123	1948	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	69B	3553	1407768	2wn35	ny123	1948	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69A	1525	1407767	2wn34	ny123	1948	1:12000
Erie channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	69C	111	1407769	2wn36	ny123	1948	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ERIE 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).