Soil Data Explorer - MCGARY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MCGARY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MCGARY, 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 MCGARY 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
113	77IL065005	1977IL065005	McGary	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9187972,-88.4397359
114B	JN8003	1980IN071003	McGary	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.7659694,-86.1345667
115A	68IL059002	1968IL059002	McGary	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8560176,-88.3203709
115A	KX7605	1976IN083005	McGary	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8508917,-87.2414694
115A	PK7916	1979IN125016	McGary	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5152056,-87.2181333
115A	40A5264	S1960IN055002	Mcgary	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.939167,-87.1411133
115C	78IL083006	1978IL083006	McGary	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.0812538,-90.5455823
120A	83P0692	82KY055001	McGary	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4049806,-87.8514972
120B	MT8107	1981IN101007	McGary	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5409083,-86.8140194
120B	92P0614	S1991IN123101	McGary	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.0750008,-86.4758301
120C	LW8009	1980IN093009	McGary	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9583278,-86.4943167
120C	WS8103	1981IN175003	McGary	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.7450472,-86.2433556
126	16N2045	S2016WV105001	Mcgary	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.1072268,-81.4191806
n/a	RO-033	1957-OH141-033	Mcgary	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	MC-022	1973-OH107-022	Mcgary	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	40A5263	S1960IN055001	Mcgary	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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY 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 MCGARY, 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. IL-2011-08-05-01 | Wabash County - 1964

   General relationship of some Wabash County soils to physiographic position, relief, parent material, and native vegetation (Soil Survey of Wabash County, Illinois; 1964).

2. IL-2012-01-26-01 | Hamilton County - 1986

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Zipp association (Soil Survey of Hamilton County, Illinois; 1986).

3. IN-2010-09-24-20 | Perry County -

   Typical pattern of soils and parent materials of alluvial, stream terrace lacustrine and aeolian landforms adjacent to hills underlain with interbedded shale and limestone in Ohio River Valley (Soil Survey of Perry County, Indiana).

4. KY-2012-01-27-05 | Bullitt and Spencer Counties - September 1986

   The relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Nolin-Elk-Newark general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Bullitt and Spencer Counties, Kentucky; September 1986).

5. KY-2012-01-27-22 | Carter County - April 1983

   Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Pope-Shelocta-Whitley map unit (Soil Survey of Carter County, Kentucky; April 1983).

6. KY-2012-01-27-53 | Crittenden County - September 1988

   Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the McGary-Belknap-Otwell map unit (Soil Survey of Crittenden County, Kentucky; September 1988).

Map Units

Map units containing MCGARY 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
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	772	175435	2yp53	il047	1967	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	173C2	408	175437	2yp50	il047	1967	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	173B2	387	175436	2yp51	il047	1967	1:15840
McGary soils, 4 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded	173C3	132	175438	5wk9	il047	1967	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	4097	211607	2yp53	il059	1966	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	173B	730	211608	2yp52	il059	1966	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	173B2	447	211609	2yp51	il059	1966	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	173C2	127	211610	2yp50	il059	1966	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	173A	615	175125	5w76	il065	1982	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	2098	176676	2yp53	il101	1952	1:42240
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	173B2	399	176678	2yp51	il101	1952	1:42240
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	173B	322	176677	2yp52	il101	1952	1:42240
McGary silt loam, 4 to 7 percent slopes, severely eroded	173C3	272	176680	5xvc	il101	1952	1:42240
McGary silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	173C2	121	176679	2yp50	il101	1952	1:42240
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	2561	178865	2yp53	il165	1974	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	2153	179634	2yp53	il185	1962	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	173B2	237	179636	2yp51	il185	1962	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	173B	188	179635	2yp52	il185	1962	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	173C2	65	179637	2yp50	il185	1962	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7173A	4018	1543957	1ntm2	il193	2006	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	173A	812	1543880	2yp53	il193	2006	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded	7173B2	547	1543958	1ntm3	il193	2006	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	173B2	227	1543881	2yp51	il193	2006	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	197	195571	6khr	in005	2002	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	375	210842	2wlvf	in019	2001	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	Mg	422	162961	2yp53	in027	1969	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	MgA	322	535631	2yp53	in037	1978	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	18	185264	2wlvf	in043	2000	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	MgA	629	161556	2yp53	in055	1984	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	131	775596	2wlvf	in061	2007	1:12000
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MikA	662	1907079	220gp	in071	1985	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	McA	785	164494	2yp53	in083	1979	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	MikAH	1570	1651543	1sfkl	in093	1982	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MikAQ	344	1443091	1kfnb	in101	1984	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MikA	128	1708144	1vbgf	in101	1984	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	322	166145	5kwj	in119	1997	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhuA	907	535825	2wlvf	in123	1997	1:12000
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MgA	470	161921	5fh8	in125	1983	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	Mr	3756	160037	2yp53	in147	1966	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	Mg	607	162695	2yp53	in153	1966	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	Mr	2937	162757	2yp53	in163	1972	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slope	MrA	6716	159963	2yp53	in173	1976	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MgA	730	535494	kz70	in175	1984	1:15840
McGary silt loam, frequently flooded	Mg	439	1404761	1j4rw	ky033	2005	1:12000
McGary silt loam	Mc	1370	550249	lgkz	ky043	1980	1:20000
McGary silty clay loam, occasionally flooded	Mc	2236	549123	lfdn	ky055	1985	1:20000
McGary silt loam	Ma	850	552718	lk4m	ky069	1989	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ml	515	549209	2vtzt	ky101	1964	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mg	4888	549282	2vtzt	ky107	1974	1:12000
McGary loam, loamy subsoil variant	Mh	502	549283	lfkt	ky107	1974	1:12000
McGary silt loam	Mc	1306	550308	lgmw	ky135	1998	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	4017	549335	2wlvs	ky139	1989	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mr	2125	549982	2wlvg	ky179	1967	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	808	551262	2vtzt	ky183	1983	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Mc	270	551662	2wlvd	ky211	1978	1:20000
McGary silt loam	Mm	676	550409	lgr4	ky605	1975	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Mg	385	551556	2wlvd	ky606	1979	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	946	549599	2vtzt	ky607	1992	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	15718	551001	2wlvg	ky608	1983	1:20000
McGary variant silt loam, rarely flooded	Mv	482	551003	lhc9	ky608	1983	1:20000
McGary silt loam	Mc	2026	552001	ljdh	ky612	1972	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	2700	549401	2vtzt	ky615	1971	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Mc	766	551966	2wlvd	ky619	1978	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mr	4880	551051	2wlvg	ky621	1975	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Mc	127	551927	2wlvd	ky622	1989	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mc	11153	551114	2vtzt	ky631	1976	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mg	11175	549517	2wlvs	ky635	1978	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	McA	750	537371	l15k	oh009	1981	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	McA	606	169690	5pkw	oh011	1979	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MdA	8	1146246	17grp	oh011	1979	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MgA	50	168803	5nn8	oh025	1972	1:20000
McGary silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	McB	759	172282	5s8h	oh045	1998	1:12000
McGary silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	McB	405	536823	l0lw	oh053	1988	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	McA	629	536929	l0q9	oh059	1998	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	MgB	278	1420463	1jp3d	oh071	1973	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	McA	367	1398083	1hxtg	oh073	1986	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	MgA	83	1460518	1l0sh	oh079	1981	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MfA	21	1460498	1l0rv	oh079	1981	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MdA	20	1460523	1l0sn	oh079	1981	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	122	536157	kzxd	oh087	1989	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	MeA	21	1593175	1qgtr	oh091	1977	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	1992	169940	5pty	oh107	1975	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	McB	1352	169941	5ptz	oh107	1975	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MdA	688	537916	l1r4	oh119	1989	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	MkA	1407	537662	l1gy	oh131	1984	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MdA	21	1689007	1tpk3	oh131	1984	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MdA	429	170906	5qv3	oh141	1997	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MdB	135	170907	5qv4	oh141	1997	1:15840
McGary silt loam	Mc	84	168095	5mxf	oh161	1967	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	180	536410	l05k	oh163	1998	1:15840
McGary silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	312	536529	l09d	oh167	1973	1:15840
McGary silty clay loam	24	950	516529	kbh7	va043	1980	1:15840
McGary and Purdy soils	25	2505	517097	kc2k	va121	1980	1:15840
Shircliff-McGary complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	SxB	1626	1384151	1hgb1	wv600	2005	1:24000
McGary-Shircliff complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	McA	484	1384150	1hgb0	wv600	2005	1:24000
McGary silty clay loam	Mg	1818	514615	k8hh	wv601	1966	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MCGARY 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).