Soil Data Explorer - GALEN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GALEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GALEN, 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 GALEN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the GALEN 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 GALEN 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 GALEN 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 GALEN 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with GALEN 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 GALEN 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 GALEN 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 GALEN, 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-2012-02-15-05 | Cayuga County - 1971

   Typical cross section of Ontario association in the north-central part of the county (Soil Survey of Cayuga County, New York; 1971).

2. NY-2012-02-15-17 | Genesee County - March 1969

   Cross section showing typical soil patterns in the Ontario-Hilton association, the Collamer-Galen-Canandaigua-Lamson association, and the Muck association in northern Genesee County (Soil Survey of Genesee County, New York; March 1969).

Map Units

Map units containing GALEN 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
Galen fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	2365	289406	9q4p	ny011	1968	1:15840
Galen fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GaA	408	289405	9q4n	ny011	1968	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	1442	290814	9rm3	ny029	1979	1:15840
Galen fine sandy loam, till substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GbB	1238	290815	9rm4	ny029	1979	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GaA	641	290813	9rm2	ny029	1979	1:15840
Urban land-Galen complex	Up	492	290917	9rqf	ny029	1979	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GnB	2832	301709	b3yk	ny037	2004	1:24000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GnA	2560	633025	p7q5	ny037	2004	1:24000
Galen fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	1951	291820	9snk	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galen fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GaA	1635	291819	9snj	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galen fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	GcB	269	2677676	bmk5	ny049	2018	1:24000
Elmridge-Galen complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	145A	1052	3105734	2y9x7	ny051	2019	1:24000
Galen and Colonie soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes	44B	700	3112830	2yfv0	ny051	2019	1:24000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GaA	784	292557	9tfb	ny053	1975	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	603	292558	9tfc	ny053	1975	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	4106	292700	9tky	ny055	1967	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GaA	3391	292699	9tkx	ny055	1967	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	1011	293564	9vgt	ny067	1973	1:20000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GaA	708	293563	9vgs	ny067	1973	1:20000
Galen fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	46A	1123	1914310	227zy	ny069	2012	1:12000
Galen fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	46B	278	1914309	227zx	ny069	2012	1:12000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	4724	294033	9vyy	ny073	1973	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GaA	2374	294032	9vyx	ny073	1973	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GaA	131	289273	9q0d	ny605	1981	1:24000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	81	289274	9q0f	ny605	1981	1:24000
Galen very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GnA	2115	292998	9twk	ny664	1968	1:15840
Galen very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GnB	1640	292999	9twl	ny664	1968	1:15840
Galen loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	1361	169082	5ny8	oh051	1981	1:15840
Galen fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	GaB	1073	168990	5nv9	oh069	1968	1:15840
Galen fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	GaA	129	168989	5nv8	oh069	1968	1:15840
Galen loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	GbB	128	1536651	1nl0d	oh069	1968	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GALEN 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).