Soil Data Explorer - REMSEN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the REMSEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of REMSEN, 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 REMSEN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 REMSEN 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 REMSEN 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 REMSEN 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 REMSEN 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).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with REMSEN 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 REMSEN 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 REMSEN 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 REMSEN, 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 REMSEN 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
Remsen silty clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	RfA	6224	290887	9rpg	ny029	1979	1:15840
Remsen silty clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RfB	4598	290888	9rph	ny029	1979	1:15840
Remsen silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RfC	659	290889	9rpj	ny029	1979	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ReB	5247	301783	b40y	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silty clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	RmB3	1601	301785	b410	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	RmC3	1342	301786	b411	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ReA	1266	301782	b40x	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ReC	1111	301784	b40z	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	RmD3	587	301788	b413	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	RnE	272	301789	b414	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes, severely eroded	RnE4	80	301790	b415	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silty clay loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes, severely eroded	RmC4	77	301787	b412	ny037	2004	1:24000
Remsen silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	ReB	7836	816809	wdyp	oh099	1966	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ReA	1359	816808	wdyn	oh099	1966	1:15840
Remsen-Urban land complex	RmB	711	816810	wdyq	oh099	1966	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RmB	16473	288489	9p63	oh133	1973	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RmA	6342	288488	9p62	oh133	1973	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RoA	2225	288066	9nrg	oh151	1967	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RoB	2096	288067	9nrh	oh151	1967	1:15840
Remsen-Urban land complex	Rr	388	288068	9nrj	oh151	1967	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RmB	15555	287137	9msh	oh155	1986	1:15840
Remsen silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RmA	5545	287136	9msg	oh155	1986	1:15840
Remsen-Urban land complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RoB	1030	287138	9msj	oh155	1986	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the REMSEN 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).