Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PAOLA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PAOLA, 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 PAOLA 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
152A40A5088S1953FL033015PAOLA4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties30.32551,-87.3747253
154S09_0131981-FL017-S09_013Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties28.9522038,-82.6126328
154S27_007S1974FL053007Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties28.5101967,-82.576622
154S28_006S1982FL055006Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties27.1922855,-81.3339691
154S54_015S1983FL107015Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties29.7610168,-81.8623276
155S50_0211973-FL099-S50_021Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties26.882719,-80.0623398
15540A5090S1953FL115004PAOLA4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties27.1858845,-82.4862595
155S05_002S1966FL009002Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties28.6571465,-80.8633041
155S49_006S1972FL097006Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties28.3128757,-81.5551376
155S64_006S1974FL127006Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties29.0173798,-81.244751
155S55_015S1978FL109015Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties29.8298531,-81.3243942
155S31_013S1982FL061013Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties27.573061,-80.3775482
155S18_016S1987FL035016Paola3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties29.4493713,-81.1633301
n/a40A5089S1953FL033019PAOLA4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a40A5087S1953FL115001PAOLA4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PAOLA 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 PAOLA 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 PAOLA 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 PAOLA 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with PAOLA 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 PAOLA series and competing. 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 PAOLA 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 .

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PAOLA, 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. FL-2011-05-31-04 | Indian River County - 1987

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Astatula-Archbold-St. Lucie map unit and the Immokalee- Myakka-Satellite map unit (Soil Survey of Indian River County, Florida; 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing PAOLA 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
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes43672914733292tzwhfl00919901:24000
Paola-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes45356114733311lg3tfl00919901:24000
Paola fine sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes44174814733301lg3sfl00919901:24000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes810731029992tzwhfl01719851:20000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes3869015294422tzwhfl03519911:15840
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes393477322103bt5ffl05319761:20000
Paola sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes1745714135012tzwkfl05519821:24000
Paola-Basinger sands, rolling45598514135441jfx6fl05519821:24000
Paola sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes82927567332tzwjfl06119841:20000
Paola fine sand, gently rolling57142014141001jgh4fl07519901:24000
Paola and St. Lucie sands, 0 to 8 percent slopes61012414215581jq7qfl08519791:20000
Paola and St. Lucie sands, 8 to 20 percent slopes77149414216231jq9tfl08519791:20000
St. Lucie-Paola-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes3487114215821jq8hfl08519791:20000
Paola sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes2847814838682tzwjfl09719761:20000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes1919953231872sklkfl10119801:20000
Paola-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes37275323206bvb0fl10119801:20000
Paola and St. Lucie soils and Urban land2011201017096134ckfl10320031:24000
Paola and St. Lucie soils and Urban land, 5 to 12 percent slopes215101017101134cqfl10320031:24000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes4021703234062sklkfl10719851:15840
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes23148013920212tzwhfl10919811:20000
Paola sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes28112414211852tzwjfl11119901:24000
Paola-St. Lucie sands, 0 to 5 percent slopes24468014787081lmq8fl11719861:20000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes422261015441452tzwhfl12719771:20000
Palm Beach-Urban land-Paola complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes40606015441431ntt2fl12719771:20000
Paola-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes44161515441471ntt6fl12719771:20000
Paola fine sand, 8 to 17 percent slopes4397515441461ntt5fl12719771:20000
Palm Beach-Paola association, 2 to 8 percent slopes4192515441441ntt3fl12719771:20000
Paola-Urban land complex23252513898881hn93fl60619811:20000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes2275813898872tzwhfl60619811:20000
Paola sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes35837816031622tzwjfl60719701:20000
Paola sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes3680315422901nrw9fl60719701:20000
Paola fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes151356128220332twssfl60919681:24000
Paola sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes21885628220402twt2fl60919681:24000
Paola fine sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes16527828220342twswfl60919681:24000
Paola sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes22203528220412twt3fl60919681:24000
Paola sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes2345428220422twt4fl60919681:24000
Paola fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes177628220352twsxfl60919681:24000
St. Lucie-Paola-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes412180014073001j7dsfl61119941:20000
Paola fine sand-Urban land complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes12639031029692y9ftfl62119891:24000
Paola fine sand, 1 to 8 percent slopes452031029672y9fsfl62119891:24000
Paola sand, cool variant, 5 to 12 percent slopesPoD2015326064by96ga64719701:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PAOLA 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 .