Soil Data Explorer - OTISVILLE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the OTISVILLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of OTISVILLE, 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 OTISVILLE 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
n/a	AB-111	1961-OH007-111	Otisville	3	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 OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE 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 OTISVILLE, 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-2012-02-15-37 | Niagara County - October 1972

   Typical cross section of the Otisville-Altmar-Fredon-Stafford association (Soil Survey of Niagara County, New York; October 1972).

2. OH-2010-09-29-02 | Ashtabula County - 2007

   Representative pattern of soils and parent materials in the Conneaut-Painesville-Elnora association (Soil Survey of Ashtabula County, Ohio; 2007).

3. OH-2012-02-16-11 | Ashtabula County - May 1973

   Soil pattern in the Elnora-Colonie-Kingsville soil association (Soil Survey of Ashtabula County, Ohio; May 1973).

Map Units

Map units containing OTISVILLE 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
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	OtsD	361	298657	b0s3	nj003	1986	1:24000
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 25 to 35 percent slopes	OtsE	344	298658	b0s4	nj003	1986	1:24000
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 3 to 15 percent slopes	OtsC	2404	298517	b0ml	nj027	1974	1:24000
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	OtsD	606	298518	b0mm	nj027	1974	1:24000
Otisville sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	OttC	193	298594	b0q2	nj031	1972	1:24000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes	OtuE	159	298595	b0q3	nj031	1972	1:24000
Paulins Kill-Otisville complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	PduoEb	14967	3001621	2wh1x	nj037	2002	1:24000
Paulins Kill-Otisville complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	PduoEb	2884	3001615	2wh1x	nj041	2007	1:12000
Otisville gravelly loamy fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes	OtB	616	293636	9vk4	ny067	1973	1:20000
Otisville gravelly loamy fine sand, rolling	OtC	123	293637	9vk5	ny067	1973	1:20000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	OtB	1649	293943	9vw1	ny071	1976	1:15840
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	OtC	773	293944	9vw2	ny071	1976	1:15840
Otisville and Hoosic soils, steep	OVE	644	293946	9vw4	ny071	1976	1:15840
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	OtD	210	293945	9vw3	ny071	1976	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes	OtB	238	309633	bd65	ny093	1973	1:15840
Tunkhannock and Otisville soils, steep	ToE	1084	295141	9x3p	ny105	1984	1:15840
Tunkhannock and Otisville soils, very steep	ToF	995	295142	9x3q	ny105	1984	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy coarse sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	OtB	501	295106	9x2k	ny105	1984	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	OtA	464	295105	9x2j	ny105	1984	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy coarse sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes	OtD	297	295108	9x2m	ny105	1984	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	OtC	231	295107	9x2l	ny105	1984	1:15840
Hoosic and Otisville soils, steep and very steep	HTF	2842	295967	9xzb	ny115	1972	1:20000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	OtA	1858	295995	9y07	ny115	1972	1:20000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, rolling and hilly	OVDK	1370	295992	9y04	ny115	1972	1:20000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	OtB	965	295996	9y08	ny115	1972	1:20000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	OsB	1442	293036	9txs	ny664	1968	1:15840
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	OsA	798	293035	9txr	ny664	1968	1:15840
Tyner-Otisville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TyB	2992	298922	b11n	oh007	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Tyner-Otisville complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	UtB	829	298926	b11s	oh007	2001	1:12000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	OuC	280	298908	b116	oh007	2001	1:12000
Otisville gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	OtB	188	167991	5mt2	oh077	1988	1:15840
Otisville gravelly loamy sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	OtB	3434	286831	9mgm	oh085	1976	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the OTISVILLE 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).