Soil Data Explorer - RARITAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RARITAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RARITAN, 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 RARITAN 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
147	79PA099018	1979PA099018	Raritan	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.3544444,-77.3730556
147	79PA099019	1979PA099019	Raritan	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.34,-77.3369444

Water Balance

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

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 RARITAN, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing RARITAN 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
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	484	2496034	2ptnk	md013	2010	1:12000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	RarAr	1420	1427786	1jxqm	nj019	1970	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RarB	1369	1427787	1jxqn	nj019	1970	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	RarAr	4451	548521	lds7	nj035	1972	1:24000
Raritan-Urban land-Passaic complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	RasAr	1444	298722	b0v6	nj039	1989	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	RarAr	174	1444062	1kgnn	nj039	1989	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	219	545637	l9s6	pa001	1991	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	52	545638	l9s7	pa001	1991	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	1173	543068	l73b	pa011	1997	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	70	543710	l7s1	pa017	1997	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	46	543709	l7s0	pa017	1997	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RaC	12	543711	l7s2	pa017	1997	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	12	641370	pjdc	pa029	2008	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 2 to 10 percent slopes	RaB	630	542038	l613	pa061	1974	1:20000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	656	541245	l56j	pa091	2008	1:12000
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	459	2232624	2dy74	pa091	2008	1:12000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	RaA	853	694016	r95m	pa099	1980	1:15840
Raritan silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RaB	1053	542945	l6zc	pa133	1990	1:24000
Raritan silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RaA	516	542944	l6zb	pa133	1990	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RARITAN 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).