Soil Data Explorer - MEDWAY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MEDWAY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MEDWAY, 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 MEDWAY 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
n/a	AG-s05	1955-OH011-S05	Medway	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	PB-044	1960-OH135-044	Medway	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	MA-018	1976-OH097-018	Medway	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	LC-029	1980-OH089-029	Medway	4	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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 MEDWAY 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 hills figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MEDWAY, 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-2010-09-01-28 | Hancock County - 2001

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in theTitus-Medway association (Soil Survey of Hancock County, Illinois; 2001).

2. IL-2011-08-04-68 | Mason County - 1995

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Beaucoup-Dockery association (Soil Survey of Mason County, Illinois; 1995).

3. OH-2010-09-29-20 | Fairfield County - 2005

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Shelocta-Berks-Gilpin association (Soil Survey of Fairfield County, Ohio; 2005).

4. OH-2012-02-16-23 | Darke County - August 1987

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Eldean-Eel-Medway association (Soil Survey of Darke County, Ohio; August 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing MEDWAY 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
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3682BL	198	1383142	2tbsh	il003	2002	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682B	24	1383141	1hf8g	il003	2002	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3682L	1730	731329	sk08	il017	2003	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	445	262841	8thr	il017	2003	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	442	1445198	1khv9	il017	2003	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	196	1019411	136s7	il041	2004	1:12000
Medway silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682B	1085	173422	5tg8	il051	1991	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	2	211730	73b0	il061	1968	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	3180	175234	5wbq	il067	1993	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	1264	244858	86sn	il073	2001	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682B	4104	1539933	1npf8	il077	2006	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3682BL	1639	1539935	2tbsh	il077	2006	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	900	1412395	1jdq4	il103	2004	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3682L	1611	2517987	2qhcg	il125	1989	1:15840
Medway silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	3682A	301	177790	5z05	il125	1989	1:15840
Medway silty clay loam, sandy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	3682AS	102	2517988	2qhch	il125	1989	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	202	1672172	1t411	il137	1984	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	193	2542201	2qxq2	il137	1984	1:15840
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682A	1719	2542113	2qvgs	il171	1984	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	512	179039	609g	il173	1990	1:15840
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8682B	3733	199443	6pjn	il181	2001	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3682BL	2220	207609	2tbsh	il181	2001	1:12000
Medway loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7682A	5050	793139	vmb4	il195	2003	1:12000
Medway silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	MjjAH	1708	207298	6yq1	in005	2002	1:12000
Medway and Beckville soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, brief duration	MjkAH	383	709522	rt9t	in011	2003	1:12000
Medway loam, occasionally flooded	Md	568	160137	5cmq	in051	1986	1:15840
Medway loam, protected	Me	225	160138	5cmr	in051	1986	1:15840
Medway silt loam	Me	2020	160728	5d7s	in145	1968	1:15840
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	66120	156	2571690	2tbsh	mo031	1978	1:24000
Medway silty clay loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	66120	567	1722657	2tbsh	mo157	1983	1:24000
Medway silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MbA	1605	171835	5rt2	oh003	1998	1:12000
Medway silt loam, overwash	Mh	365	168804	5nn9	oh025	1972	1:20000
Medway silt loam	Md	333	168583	5nf5	oh033	1975	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	1267	168511	5nbv	oh037	1984	1:15840
Medway silt loam	Mc	1	1539796	1np8v	oh039	1981	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Me	147	172283	5s8j	oh045	1998	1:12000
Medway silt loam	Md	229	169246	5p3k	oh047	1968	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Mh	4522	167912	5mqj	oh049	1977	1:15840
Medway silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MbA	726	644419	pmkq	oh063	1997	1:12000
Medway silt loam	Md	296	169015	5nw3	oh069	1968	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	1361	613754	nlnj	oh083	1983	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	1230	171051	5qzs	oh089	1986	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Mk	2612	169901	5psp	oh097	1978	1:15840
Medway clay loam, rarely flooded	Me	1640	171204	5r4q	oh101	1984	1:15840
Medway silt loam	Md	10	1400453	1j08x	oh101	1984	1:15840
Medway silt loam, rarely flooded	Mc	4	1400466	1j09b	oh101	1984	1:15840
Medway silt loam	Md	1807	169502	5pct	oh109	1973	1:15840
Medway silt loam	Md	3803	170271	5q5m	oh113	1969	1:15840
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	665	244580	86hp	oh125	1993	1:12000
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	1193	171273	5r6y	oh129	1977	1:15840
Medway silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MaA	1878	623786	ny34	oh135	2005	1:12000
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Mb	26	1869366	20r74	oh137	1971	1:20000
Medway silt loam, occasionally flooded	Md	324	170045	5pyb	oh149	1977	1:15840
Medway-Urban land complex, occasionally flooded	MeA	5	3216944	2z6bl	oh149	1977	1:15840
Medway silt loam, rarely flooded	Md	1396	169633	5pj1	oh175	1980	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MEDWAY 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).