Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MEDOMAK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MEDOMAK, 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 MEDOMAK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
144B16N2129S2016NH007001Medomak6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.5135389,-71.5814167

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the MEDOMAK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MEDOMAK series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the MEDOMAK 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 .

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with MEDOMAK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MEDOMAK series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the MEDOMAK 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

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 MEDOMAK, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. ME-2010-09-03-08 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

    Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Charles-Medomak-Cornish general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine; 2003).

  2. ME-2012-02-03-12 | Oxford County Area - March 1995

    Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Rumney-Podunk-Medomak general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Oxford County Area, Maine; March 1995).

Map Units

Map units containing MEDOMAK 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
Medomak silt loam5082043395922qwyvct60120031:12000
Medomak and Wonsqueak soils, frequently floodedML278315802blm5me00519691:24000
Medomak silt loamMk63315801blm4me00519691:24000
Medomak silt loamMy10318605bpjlme02719791:20000
Medomak silt loamMy14032847249k8nme60119831:20000
Charles-Medomak-Cornish associationCG58182849779kjtme61019921:20000
Medomak silt loamMm14342850399kltme61019921:20000
Medomak-Wonsqueak-Swanville complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently floodedMwA1657427524322synnme61220161:24000
Medomak and Wonsqueak soils, frequently floodedML65782857919ld2me61319871:20000
Medomak silt loamMk44852857999ldbme61319871:20000
Medomak and Wonsqueak soils, frequently floodedMT51702855979l5tme61720041:24000
Medomak silt loam40610672811249fjjnh00919861:24000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded406A23662804359dt9nh60720001:24000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded406A29152801999dkpnh60920071:24000
Medomak silt loam, stratified substratumMp12372901939qz2ny01919951:24000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesMdA41617144191vjzvny03120071:24000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesMkA17027537142spm6ny04920181:24000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded4A6102829259hdmvt00520061:20000
Medomak mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded79A13682835329j16vt01920051:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MEDOMAK 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 .