Soil Data Explorer - PAOLI

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PAOLI soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PAOLI, 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 PAOLI were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PAOLI 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 PAOLI series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PAOLI 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the PAOLI 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 2024-10-23).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with PAOLI share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PAOLI 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the PAOLI 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 2024-10-23).

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PAOLI, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing PAOLI 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
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	66	6253	96821	37r8	co063	1996	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam	53	8613	95016	35w1	co121	1982	1:24000
Paoli sandy loam	32	2446	95076	35xz	co125	1976	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	49	5390	95142	3603	co617	1980	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	50	2652	95144	3605	co617	1980	1:24000
Paoli loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	54	634	95235	3633	co618	1976	1:24000
Paoli loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	55	223	95236	3634	co618	1976	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	81	5564	497733	jpxx	co644	1980	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, foothills	212	1392	3210246	2zf10	co644	1980	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	70	604	104789	3j19	wy621	1980	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	36	2	104826	3j2h	wy621	1980	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	71	2	104790	3j1b	wy621	1980	1:24000
Bayard-Paoli fine sandy loams, 0 to 10 percent slopes	107	7064	104908	3j54	wy721	1994	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	152	6764	104953	3j6l	wy721	1994	1:24000
Paoli fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	153	74	104954	3j6m	wy721	1994	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PAOLI 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 2024-10-30).