Soil Data Explorer - HUSTONTOWN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HUSTONTOWN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HUSTONTOWN, 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 HUSTONTOWN 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
147	62PA057010	1962PA057010	Hustontown	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0802778,-78.1305556
147	93P0745	93PA057013	Hustontown	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0383339,-78.0449982

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN 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 HUSTONTOWN, 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. PA-2010-09-30-05 | Clinton County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material that are dominant along the footslopes of the Allegheny Front (Soil Survey of Clinton County, Pennsylvania; 2007).

Map Units

Map units containing HUSTONTOWN 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
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HuB	355	2401179	2llmd	md001	2009	1:12000
Hustontown silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	HuC	157	2401180	2llmf	md001	2009	1:12000
Hustontown silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	HuD	45	2401181	2llmg	md001	2009	1:12000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HwB	5	541870	l5vp	pa009	1989	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	HuD	2836	544026	l837	pa035	2002	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HuB	2013	544024	l835	pa035	2002	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	HuC	299	544025	l836	pa035	2002	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HugB	147	737610	srjw	pa043	1967	1:15840
Hustontown silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	HvgB	27	737611	srjx	pa043	1967	1:15840
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HwB	353	545090	l96k	pa055	1999	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HwB	3807	544885	l8zy	pa057	1999	1:24000
Hustontown silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HugA	114	1397694	1hxdx	pa075	1976	1:20000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HugB	113	1397695	1hxdy	pa075	1976	1:20000
Hustontown silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	HvgB	6	1397696	1hxdz	pa075	1976	1:20000
Hustontown silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	HwB	163	555688	ln7f	wv065	2003	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HUSTONTOWN 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).