Soil Data Explorer - SCHUYLER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SCHUYLER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SCHUYLER, 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 SCHUYLER 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
140	07N0240	S2006NY003005	Schuyler	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.2264595,-78.0720291

Water Balance

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

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.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SCHUYLER 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 SCHUYLER 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 SCHUYLER 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 SCHUYLER, 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. NY-2010-09-28-01 | Cattarugus County - 2007

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Cattarugus County, New York; 2007).

2. NY-2012-02-15-10 | Chautauqua County - August 1994

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Chautauqua County, New York; August 1994).

Map Units

Map units containing SCHUYLER 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
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	61D	2824	299939	2wn21	ny003	2013	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	61E	1447	299940	2wn23	ny003	2013	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	61C	1411	299938	2wn20	ny003	2013	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	61F	607	299941	2wn25	ny003	2013	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	61B	127	299937	2wn1z	ny003	2013	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	61D	7606	289661	2wn21	ny009	2002	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	61E	7534	289662	2wn23	ny009	2002	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	61C	4150	289660	2wn20	ny009	2002	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	61F	1655	289663	2wn25	ny009	2002	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	61B	1052	289659	2wn1z	ny009	2002	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ShC	10422	289874	2wn20	ny013	1988	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ShB	7870	289873	2wn1z	ny013	1988	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	ShD	7091	289875	2wn21	ny013	1988	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	ShE	4698	289876	2wn23	ny013	1988	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	ShF	2132	289877	2wn25	ny013	1988	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	ScD	3553	290901	9rpx	ny029	1979	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	ScE	1721	290902	9rpy	ny029	1979	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	85D	315	3105713	2wn21	ny051	2019	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	85C	133	3105712	2wn20	ny051	2019	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	SyD	2242	294653	2wn21	ny097	1976	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	SyC	1383	294652	2wn20	ny097	1976	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	SyE	725	294654	2wn23	ny097	1976	1:15840
Schuyler silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ScB	56	289326	9q23	ny605	1981	1:24000
Schuyler silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	ScD	20	289327	9q24	ny605	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SCHUYLER 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).