Soil Data Explorer - GOTHIC

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GOTHIC soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GOTHIC, 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 GOTHIC 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
48A	86P0861	86CO113002	Gothic	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9086113,-108.1774979

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with GOTHIC 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 GOTHIC 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 GOTHIC 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with GOTHIC, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing GOTHIC 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
Gothic-Cucharas families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	514M	679	509847	k3jp	co636	2011	1:24000
Gothic loam, 0 to 20 percent slopes	GoE	7970	497787	jpzn	co646	1973	1:24000
Waybe family-Gothic association, 20 to 50 percent slopes	255C	15601	509321	k2zq	co647		1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes, extremely stony	41	91	3106859	jpd8	co648		1:24000
Gothic loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes	53	9488	497995	jq6c	co655	1984	1:24000
Gothic loam, 6 to 25 percent slopes	52	3275	497994	jq6b	co655	1984	1:24000
Gothic loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	51	435	497993	jq69	co655	1984	1:24000
Beachcanyon, extremely bouldery-Gothic-Woodhall, rubbly complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	919	564	2990846	2kmmt	co660	1994	1:24000
Gothic-Woodhall, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	965	103	2927466	17mvw	co660	1994	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	37	2990832	17rbs	co660	1994	1:24000
Gothic fine sandy loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes	GoE	445	509740	k3f7	co661	1968	1:31680
Beachcanyon, extremely bouldery-Gothic-Woodhall, rubbly complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	919	825	2990847	2kmmt	co662	1968	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	182	2990833	17rbs	co662	1968	1:24000
Tellura-Gothic association, 2 to 45 percent slopes	169	33894	2453828	2ncdr	co664	1987	1:24000
Cowdrey-Gothic, cool association, 2 to 35 percent slopes	122	3391	2453667	2nc7k	co664	1987	1:24000
Gothic-Bowen complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes	144	2019	2453684	2nc83	co664	1987	1:24000
Gothic-Cryaquepts association, 3 to 30 percent slopes	145	1612	2453685	2nc84	co664	1987	1:24000
Beachcanyon, extremely bouldery-Gothic-Woodhall, rubbly complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	919	8405	2990848	2kmmt	co674	1998	1:24000
Tellura, moist-Gothic complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	163	8234	505221	jyqg	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic-Lizardhead complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	118	3684	505167	jynq	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	2197	2990834	17rbs	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic loam, 20 to 60 percent slopes	951	243	2927435	136cg	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic-Swansonlake complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	943	73	2990882	1vkfd	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic-Woodhall, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	965	66	2927460	17mvw	co674	1998	1:24000
Gothic loam, 20 to 60 percent slopes	951	1737	2927473	136cg	co675	1986	1:24000
Gothic-Woodhall, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	965	1202	2927475	17mvw	co675	1986	1:24000
Beachcanyon, extremely bouldery-Gothic-Woodhall, rubbly complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	919	973	2927471	2kmmt	co675	1986	1:24000
Gothic-Swansonlake complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	943	658	2927472	1vkfd	co675	1986	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	552	2927474	17rbs	co675	1986	1:24000
Woodhall, rubbly-Gothic complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	956	162	2927478	17sj3	co675	1986	1:24000
Woodhall, rubbly-Gothic complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	956	321	2990894	17sj3	co676	1983	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	169	2990836	17rbs	co676	1983	1:24000
Gothic-Swansonlake complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	943	93	2927470	1vkfd	co676	1983	1:24000
Gothic-Woodhall, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	965	64	2990896	17mvw	co676	1983	1:24000
Beachcanyon, extremely bouldery-Gothic-Woodhall, rubbly complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	919	20945	2372362	2kmmt	co677	2018	1:24000
Gothic loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	969	17966	1154495	17rbs	co677	2018	1:24000
Gothic-Swansonlake complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	943	4535	1714839	1vkfd	co677	2018	1:24000
Woodhall, rubbly-Gothic complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	956	3574	1155621	17sj3	co677	2018	1:24000
Gothic loam, 20 to 60 percent slopes	951	3381	1019015	136cg	co677	2018	1:24000
Gothic-Woodhall, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	965	2033	1151150	17mvw	co677	2018	1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic-Quander loams, 5 to 25 percent slopes	25	7017	496865	jp0x	co684	1984	1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic-Hapgood loams, 5 to 25 percent slopes	23	6420	496863	jp0v	co684	1984	1:24000
Passar-Gothic-Cowdrey complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	89	4101	496935	jp35	co684	1984	1:24000
Gothic-Rhone-Namela complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	49	3267	496891	jp1r	co684	1984	1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic-Hapgood loams, 25 to 65 percent slopes	24	2375	496864	jp0w	co684	1984	1:24000
Gothic-Mayoworth loams, 5 to 50 percent slopes	48	2260	496890	jp1q	co684	1984	1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic-Quander loams, 25 to 65 percent slopes	26	2116	496866	jp0y	co684	1984	1:24000
Passar-Gothic-Cowdrey complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes	90	1731	496937	jp37	co684	1984	1:24000
Gothic-Rhone-Namela complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes	50	904	496893	jp1t	co684	1984	1:24000
Cochetopa-Gothic complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	40	6647	497216	jpd7	co686	1992	1:31680
Cochetopa-Gothic complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes, extremely stony	41	6219	497217	jpd8	co686	1992	1:31680
Tellura-Gothic association, 2 to 45 percent slopes	ToE	31	2770163	2tl93	nm672		1:24000
Cowdrey-Gothic, cool association, 2 to 35 percent slopes	CwE	6	2770155	2tl8v	nm672		1:24000
Gothic stony loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, eroded	GOF2	460	482266	j5tz	ut627	1971	1:24000
Crownmountain-Gothic complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes, landslides	513	9456	2531424	2qmfp	wy630		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GOTHIC 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).