Soil Data Explorer - GALWAY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GALWAY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GALWAY, 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 GALWAY 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
143	90P0113	88NY035003	Galway	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.0475006,-74.651947
144A	81P0752	81VT021008	Galway	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.4880562,-73.0313873

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with GALWAY, 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. VT-2012-03-22-08 | Rutland County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Farmington-Galway unit (Soil Survey of Rutland County, VT; 1998).

Map Units

Map units containing GALWAY 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
Rock outcrop-Farmington-Galway complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RnfD	17122	624845	nz69	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Farmington-Galway complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RnfC	8405	624844	nz68	nj037	2002	1:24000
Galway loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	GawEh	542	624811	nz56	nj037	2002	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Farmington-Galway complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	RnfD	9769	740977	sw1h	nj041	2007	1:12000
Rock outcrop-Farmington-Galway complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RnfC	4966	740976	sw1g	nj041	2007	1:12000
Farmington-Galway complex, hilly, very rocky	FcD	5755	290652	9rfw	ny027	1992	1:24000
Galway-Farmington complex, rolling, rocky	GfC	5542	290657	9rg1	ny027	1992	1:24000
Farmington-Galway complex, rolling, very rocky	FcC	4310	290651	9rfv	ny027	1992	1:24000
Galway-Farmington complex, undulating, rocky	GfB	2131	290656	9rg0	ny027	1992	1:24000
Galway-Farmington complex, hilly	GfD	1400	290658	9rg2	ny027	1992	1:24000
Farmington-Galway complex, undulating, very rocky	FcB	552	290650	9rft	ny027	1992	1:24000
Galway-Farmington-Urban land complex, rolling, rocky	GlC	429	290660	9rg4	ny027	1992	1:24000
Galway-Farmington-Urban land complex, undulating, rocky	GlB	385	290659	9rg3	ny027	1992	1:24000
Farmington-Galway complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky, very stony	FgB	1363	291311	9s44	ny031	2007	1:24000
Galway loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	21B	1833	291506	9sbf	ny035	2007	1:24000
Galway loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	21C	468	291507	9sbg	ny035	2007	1:24000
Galway-Farmington gravelly silt loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes, rocky	GfB	1147	291632	9sgh	ny039	1985	1:24000
Galway-Farmington gravelly silt loams, rolling, rocky	GfC	1040	291633	9sgj	ny039	1985	1:24000
Galway-Farmington gravelly silt loam, hilly, rocky	GfD	302	291634	9sgk	ny039	1985	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GlB	17288	291824	9snp	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galway very stony silt loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes	GmC	10989	291826	9snr	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galway silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GlA	10071	291823	9snn	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galway silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	GlC	708	291825	9snq	ny045	1981	1:15840
Galway loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	NcB	5007	2677749	bmmj	ny049	2018	1:24000
Galway loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	AfB	2122	2677622	bmhf	ny049	2018	1:24000
Galway loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	AfA	929	2677621	bmhd	ny049	2018	1:24000
Galway loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	NdD	919	2677751	bmml	ny049	2018	1:24000
Galway loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	NcC	846	2677750	bmmk	ny049	2018	1:24000
Galway loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	211A	842	3105771	2ywkw	ny051	2019	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	515B	942	293444	9vby	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	515C	641	293445	9vbz	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, cool	845B	378	1460208	1l0gh	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, cool	845A	207	1460206	1l0gf	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	515A	154	293443	9vbx	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, cool	845C	63	1460210	1l0gk	ny065	1993	1:24000
Galway loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	4014	294377	9wb1	ny091	1993	1:24000
Galway loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	GaC	1625	294378	9wb2	ny091	1993	1:24000
Galway loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GaB	338	295882	9xwl	ny113	1982	1:15840
Galway-Farmington complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes, very rocky	41E	5897	281488	9fx8	vt003	1992	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, rocky	40D	3470	281482	2wrfn	vt003	1992	1:20000
Galway-Farmington complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very rocky	41D	3099	281487	9fx7	vt003	1992	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, rocky	40C	1918	281481	2wrfm	vt003	1992	1:20000
Galway-Farmington complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	41C	802	281486	9fx6	vt003	1992	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rocky	40B	316	281480	2wrfl	vt003	1992	1:20000
Farmington-Galway-Galoo complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes, very rocky	41C	12253	282327	9gsb	vt021	1985	1:20000
Farmington-Galway-Galoo complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes, very rocky	41E	9057	282329	9gsd	vt021	1985	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, rocky	40C	3675	282324	2wrfm	vt021	1985	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, rocky, very stony	40D	2496	282325	2xj4k	vt021	1985	1:20000
Galway-Nellis-Farmington complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rocky	39B	1598	282304	2wrfl	vt021	1985	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GALWAY 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).