Soil Data Explorer - HERKIMER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HERKIMER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HERKIMER, 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 HERKIMER 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HERKIMER, 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-2010-09-28-21 | Otsego County - 2006

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Farmington-Wassaic general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Otsego County, New York; 2006).

2. NY-2012-02-16-06 | Wyoming County - April 1974

   Typical pattern of soils in association 13 (Soil Survey of Wyoming County, New York; April 1974).

Map Units

Map units containing HERKIMER 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
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HhA	2727	2518323	9swr	ny043	2018	1:24000
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, moderately well drained, 0 to 4 percent slopes	HkB	1996	2518325	9swt	ny043	2018	1:24000
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HhB	1861	2518324	9sws	ny043	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HcB	2140	2677701	bmkz	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HbA	2076	2677697	bmkv	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HcA	1490	2677700	bmky	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HbB	883	2677698	bmkw	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	HcC	529	2677702	bml0	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	HbD	489	2677759	2dcr6	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	HbC	261	2677699	bmkx	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	GeA	152	2677678	bmk7	ny049	2018	1:24000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HeB	764	292562	9tfh	ny053	1975	1:15840
Herkimer channery silt loam, calcareous subsoil variant	He	344	292823	9tpx	ny057	1973	1:24000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	12B	1913	293332	9v7b	ny065	1993	1:24000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	12C	201	293333	9v7c	ny065	1993	1:24000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, cool	816B	55	643761	plwh	ny065	1993	1:24000
Herkimer silt loam	He	1922	293571	9vh1	ny067	1973	1:20000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	HeB	374	294117	9w1n	ny075	1973	1:15840
Herkimer channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	HeC	123	294118	9w1p	ny075	1973	1:15840
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, fan, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HeB	1219	294217	9w4w	ny077	1993	1:24000
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, fan, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HeA	851	294216	9w4v	ny077	1993	1:24000
Herkimer channery silt loam, calcareous subsoil variant	He	95	309580	bd4g	ny093	1973	1:15840
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HeA	903	295975	9xzl	ny115	1972	1:20000
Herkimer gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HeB	401	295976	9xzm	ny115	1972	1:20000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HeB	1706	295360	9xbr	ny121	1969	1:20000
Herkimer channery silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HeA	1486	295359	9xbq	ny121	1969	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HERKIMER 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).