Soil Data Explorer - GESSIE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GESSIE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GESSIE, 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 GESSIE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
111A	HM7201	1972IN057001	Gessie	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0074889,-86.0288861
111A	MN7201	1972IN097001	Gessie	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.6893278,-86.2288194
111A	01N0842	S2001OH129001	Gessie	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5806847,-82.9712143
111D	CS7604	1976IN017004	Gessie	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7283056,-86.5085611
111D	04N1163	S2004IN103001	Gessie	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.755806,-86.0228577
114B	FR8105	1981IN047005	Gessie	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4513639,-85.151925
n/a	92P0249	S1991OH131107	Gessie	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the GESSIE 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 GESSIE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the GESSIE 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 GESSIE 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 GESSIE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the GESSIE 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 GESSIE 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 GESSIE, 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. IN-2010-09-24-17 | Owen County -

   Typical pattern of soils and parent materials in the Stonelick-Gessie-McAdoo association (Soil Survey of Owen County, Indiana).

2. IN-2010-09-24-18 | Owen County -

   Typical pattern of soils and parent materials in the Alvin-Princeton-Bloomfield and Stonelick-Gessie-McAdoo associations (Soil Survey of Owen County, Indiana).

Map Units

Map units containing GESSIE 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
Gessie-Eel silt loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	GlnAH	1251	164850	5jjr	in035	1997	1:12000
Gessie loam, sandy substratum, occasionally flooded	Ge	4988	162282	5fvx	in047	1984	1:15840
Gessie loam, sandy substratum, rarely flooded	Gd	1309	162281	5fvw	in047	1984	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	Ge	3060	3186664	2w55w	in057	1976	1:15840
Gessie silt loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	YgbAH	121	3105095	2w57t	in057	1976	1:15840
Urban land-Gessie silt loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	UgbAH	15	3105094	2y47m	in057	1976	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	Ge	61	3291345	2w55w	in095	1965	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	Ge	6974	164424	2w55w	in097	1975	1:15840
Gessie silt loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	YgbAH	2772	3104688	2w57t	in097	1975	1:15840
Urban land-Gessie silt loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	UgbAH	970	3104687	2y47m	in097	1975	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ge	6605	161961	2zy60	in103	1977	1:20000
Gessie silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	GblAH	1787	166003	5kqy	in119	1997	1:12000
Gessie loam, frequently flooded	Ge	2762	170086	5pzn	oh001	1987	1:15840
Gessie loam, frequently flooded	Gn	10	1585768	1q73t	oh015	1987	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, frequently flooded	Gg	1841	172260	5s7s	oh045	1998	1:12000
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Gf	1748	172259	5s7r	oh045	1998	1:12000
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Go	4	1907588	22103	oh047	1968	1:15840
Gessie loam, frequently flooded	Gd	77	1420666	1jp9y	oh071	1973	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Ge	8	1420556	1jp6d	oh071	1973	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Gs	48	1403075	1j30h	oh129	1977	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Gf	72	1689000	1tpjw	oh131	1984	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, occasionally flooded	Ge	17914	170875	5qt3	oh141	1997	1:15840
Gessie silt loam, frequently flooded	Gf	5601	170876	5qt4	oh141	1997	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GESSIE 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).