Soil Data Explorer - RICKER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RICKER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RICKER, 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 RICKER 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
143	11N8706	S10ME021001	Ricker	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.9251389,-68.9101389
143	94P0300	S1993NY031008	Ricker	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.0711098,-73.9400024
143	94P0302	S1993NY031010	Ricker	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.0936127,-73.9791641

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the RICKER 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 RICKER 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 RICKER 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 RICKER 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 RICKER 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 RICKER 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 RICKER 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 hills 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 RICKER, 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. ME-2010-09-03-03 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

   Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Tunbridge-Lyman-Abram general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine; 2003).

2. ME-2010-09-03-04 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

   Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Sisk-Saddleback-Ricker general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County, Maine; 2003).

3. NH-2012-02-14-15 | Grafton County Area - 1999

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Saddleback-Ricker unit (Soil Survey of Grafton County Area, New Hampshire; 1999).

4. VT-2012-03-22-09 | Rutland County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Glebe-Stratton unit (Soil Survey of Rutland County, VT; 1998).

Map Units

Map units containing RICKER 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
Ricker-Saddleback association, very steep	RSE	14527	285050	9km5	me610	1992	1:20000
Surplus-Saddleback-Ricker association, strongly sloping, very stony	SSC	2322	285055	9kmb	me610	1992	1:20000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, very steep	RRE	2263	285049	9km4	me610	1992	1:20000
Ricker-Saddleback-Rock outcrop complex, very hilly	RCE	2475	285814	9ldt	me613	1987	1:20000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, steep	SAE	1745	285822	9lf2	me613	1987	1:20000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, moderately steep	SAD	1579	285821	9lf1	me613	1987	1:20000
Rock outcrop-Ricker complex, very hilly	RNE	325	285815	9ldv	me613	1987	1:20000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, moderately steep	ROD	4314	285360	9ky5	me615	1994	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, steep, very stony	SRE	1760	285362	9ky7	me615	1994	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, moderately steep, very stony	SRD	947	285361	9ky6	me615	1994	1:24000
Naskeag-Abram-Ricker complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	NAC	14289	285607	9l64	me617	2004	1:24000
Abram-Rock outcrop-Ricker complex, 15 to 80 percent slopes	ACE	8156	285525	9l3h	me617	2004	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	SRE	34559	285645	9l7c	me619	2005	1:24000
Ricker-Saddleback-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	RSE	21359	285643	9l79	me619	2005	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	SRD	18518	285644	9l7b	me619	2005	1:24000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 80 percent slopes	RRF	12613	285642	9l78	me619	2005	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Ricker complex, 8 to 80 percent slopes	RTF	7049	285647	9l7f	me619	2005	1:24000
Saddleback-Rock outcrop-Ricker complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	SRE	6570	2549933	2r0tn	me620	2011	1:24000
Ricker-Saddleback complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	RSE	6253	2549935	2r0tq	me620	2011	1:24000
Rock outcrop- Ricker complex, 0 to 100 percent slopes, rubbly	RRF	3065	2549936	2r0tr	me620	2011	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rubbly	SRC	936	2549934	2r0tp	me620	2011	1:24000
Saddleback-Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, steep	735E	5414	281194	9fls	nh009	1986	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker association, steep, very stony	750E	18818	280592	9dzc	nh607	2000	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker association, moderately steep, very stony	750D	6051	280591	9dzb	nh607	2000	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker association, gently sloping, very stony	750B	2692	280590	9dz9	nh607	2000	1:24000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, very steep	835F	1104	280646	9f13	nh607	2000	1:24000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, strongly sloping	835C	112	280645	9f12	nh607	2000	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker complex, 25 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	836E	60	280754	9f4l	nh607	2000	1:24000
Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 35 percent slopes	837E	56	280751	9f4h	nh607	2000	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	836C	36	280753	9f4k	nh607	2000	1:24000
Saddleback-Glebe-Ricker complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	836D	7	280752	9f4j	nh607	2000	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Ricker complex, gently sloping	RoB	8387	290223	9r01	ny019	1995	1:24000
Hogback-Ricker complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	945F	2850	290090	9qvr	ny019	1995	1:24000
Rockoutcrop-Ricker-Hogback complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very bouldery	949F	2425	290091	9qvs	ny019	1995	1:24000
Ricker-Skylight-Rockoutcrop complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very bouldery	997F	2026	290093	9qvv	ny019	1995	1:24000
Rawsonville-Borosaprists-Ricker complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes, very rocky	943C	1070	290089	9qvq	ny019	1995	1:24000
Ricker-Couchsachraga-Skylight complex, 35 to 80 percent slopes, very rocky, very bouldery	995F	38380	318500	bpf6	ny031	2007	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Ricker-Skylight complex, 35 to 80 percent slopes, very bouldery	998F	4908	318501	bpf7	ny031	2007	1:24000
Ricker-Couchsachraga-Skylight complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky, very bouldery	995D	1638	318499	bpf5	ny031	2007	1:24000
Ricker-Couchsachraga-Skylight complex, 35 to 80 percent slopes, very rocky, very bouldery	995F	4941	2517661	bpf6	ny033	2018	1:24000
Hogback-Ricker complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	945F	47312	292001	9svd	ny041	1994	1:62500
Ricker-Skylight-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very bouldery	997F	11261	292007	9svl	ny041	1994	1:62500
Hogback-Ricker complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	945D	10513	292000	9svc	ny041	1994	1:62500
Rawsonville-Borosaprists-Ricker complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes, very rocky	943C	2834	291998	9sv9	ny041	1994	1:62500
Ricker-Skylight-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very bouldery	997D	2330	292006	9svk	ny041	1994	1:62500
Hogback-Ricker complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	945C	2284	291999	9svb	ny041	1994	1:62500
Ricker-Skylight-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery	997C	1883	292005	9svj	ny041	1994	1:62500
Rock outcrop-Ricker-Hogback complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very bouldery	949F	1418	292002	9svf	ny041	1994	1:62500
Hogback-Ricker complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	945F	89	2677579	9svd	ny043	2018	1:24000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	81D	229	797880	vs82	vt005	2006	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	81E	55	797881	vs83	vt005	2006	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	82F	18	797882	vs84	vt005	2006	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Saddleback complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	SIE93	639	2455310	2ndyk	vt009	2012	1:
Ricker-Saddleback-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	SIE94	400	2455312	2ndym	vt009	2012	1:
Ricker-Londonderry complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky	SIE92	159	2455311	2ndyl	vt009	2012	1:
Ricker peat, very rocky, 15 to 80 percent slopes	RkE	637	281931	9gck	vt015	1979	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	210E	1390	283416	9hxg	vt019	2005	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes	211F	25	283417	9hxh	vt019	2005	1:20000
Killington-Ricker-Rock outcrop association, very steep, very stony	702F	3014	282427	9gwk	vt021	1985	1:20000
Stratton-Londonderry-Ricker complex, 15 to 80 percent slopes, very rocky	134F	1077	282168	9gm6	vt021	1985	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky	85E	4726	282767	9h7j	vt023	1996	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	86F	4617	282771	9h7n	vt023	1996	1:20000
Stratton-Ricker-Glebe complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	213F	565	283341	9hv1	vt027	2000	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, very rocky	61F	519	283254	9hr7	vt027	2000	1:20000
Hogback-Ricker-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes, very stony	702F	392	283355	9hvh	vt027	2000	1:20000
Ricker-Londonderry-Stratton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky	61D	379	283253	9hr6	vt027	2000	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RICKER 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).