Soil Data Explorer - SHEEPSCOT

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHEEPSCOT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHEEPSCOT, 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 SHEEPSCOT were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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	10N0319	S09ME021003.Sheepscot	Sheepscot	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.7929722,-69.2485
143	10N0311	S2009ME003007	Sheepscot	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.8086389,-69.5206111

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SHEEPSCOT 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 SHEEPSCOT series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHEEPSCOT 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 SHEEPSCOT 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 SHEEPSCOT share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHEEPSCOT 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 SHEEPSCOT 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 SHEEPSCOT, 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-2010-09-03-06 | Franklin County Area and Part of Somerset County - 2003

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

Map Units

Map units containing SHEEPSCOT 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
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	286B	189	744101	sz98	ma011	2012	1:12000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	StB	3400	284736	9k91	me601	1983	1:20000
Colton-Sheepscot association, rolling	CTC	5582	284980	9kjx	me610	1992	1:20000
Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	MLC	3867	285023	2x1dc	me610	1992	1:20000
Colton-Adams-Sheepscot association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	CSC	7451	285086	2x1cg	me611	1988	1:20000
Sheepscot sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	SmB	4466	285145	9kq7	me611	1988	1:20000
Sheepscot sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	SoB	3590	285146	9kq8	me611	1988	1:20000
Sheepscot-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	SrB	1420	285148	9kqb	me611	1988	1:20000
Sheepscot sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	SoC	781	285147	9kq9	me611	1988	1:20000
Sheepscot-Croghan-Kinsman complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	SJB	10016	285616	9l6f	me617	2004	1:24000
Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	MSC	5424	285596	2x1dc	me617	2004	1:24000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	ShB	1976	285621	9l6l	me617	2004	1:24000
Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	MSB	2086	2549893	2x1dd	me620	2011	1:24000
Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	MSB	1185	2549841	2x1dd	me621	2011	1:24000
Colton-Adams-Sheepscot association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	CTC	751	1909223	2x1cg	me622	2007	1:24000
Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	MPC	220	1909180	2x1dc	me622	2007	1:24000
Sheepscot-Croghan-Kinsman complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	SPB	77	1909077	222k4	me622	2007	1:24000
Sheepscot sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	14B	1112	279609	9cyn	nh005	1985	1:20000
Sheepscot cobbly very fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes	14B	6029	280676	9f22	nh607	2000	1:24000
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	11B	508	282821	9h98	vt005	2006	1:20000
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	11A	234	282820	9h97	vt005	2006	1:20000
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	11B	906	1401016	1j0w2	vt009	2012	1:
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	11A	54	1401015	1j0w1	vt009	2012	1:
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	31B	1244	283457	9hys	vt019	2005	1:20000
Sheepscot gravelly fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	31A	646	283456	9hyr	vt019	2005	1:20000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	123B	1838	282132	9gl1	vt021	1985	1:20000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	123C	1348	282133	9gl2	vt021	1985	1:20000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	52B	1694	282038	9gh0	vt025	1984	1:20000
Sheepscot fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	52A	357	282037	9ggz	vt025	1984	1:20000
Croghan and Sheepscot soils, 0 to 8 percent slopes	71B	3087	283282	2wqnx	vt027	2000	1:20000
Croghan and Sheepscot soils, 8 to 15 percent slopes	71C	368	283283	2wqny	vt027	2000	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHEEPSCOT 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).