Soil Data Explorer - MCCARTHY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MCCARTHY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MCCARTHY, 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 MCCARTHY 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
22A	UCD6758119	67-CA-58-119x	MCCARTHY	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4052696,-121.2056656
22A	91P0419	90CA061002	McCarthy	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.1647224,-120.6786118
22A	91P0740	90CA109122	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.0166664,-120.0166702
22A	91P0742	90CA109124	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.0736122,-119.9827805
22A	91P0769	91CA017001T	McCarthy	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.6997223,-120.3899994
22A	08N0161	S07CA009008	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.4321671,-120.4270248
22A	40A2977	S1962CA005001	MCCARTHY	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5149994,-120.3922195
22B	UCD5452009	54-CA-52-009	MCCARTHY	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0933762,-121.6047974
22B	UCD5452010	54-CA-52-010	MCCARTHY	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.179924,-121.6621552
22B	UCD6145133	61-CA-45-133	MCCARTHY	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.6244545,-121.7354813
22B	UCD6245140	62-CA-45-140x	MCCARTHY	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9907455,-121.8758545
22B	UCD7204039	72-CA-04-039x	MCCARTHY	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9601822,-121.687912
22B	UCD7647123	76-CA-47-123x	MCCARTHY	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2159119,-121.8386002
n/a	82P0208	S1981CA093304	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	01N0629	S2000CA061001	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	01N0631	S2000CA061002	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	01N0632	S2000CA061003	McCarthy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MCCARTHY 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 MCCARTHY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MCCARTHY 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the MCCARTHY 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MCCARTHY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MCCARTHY 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the MCCARTHY 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 2024-10-23).

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 MCCARTHY, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing MCCARTHY 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
Windy and McCarthy stony sandy loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	WeD	30020	460161	hftx	ca607	1967	1:20000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	WfE	13216	460162	hfty	ca607	1967	1:20000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	WfG	7594	460163	hftz	ca607	1967	1:20000
Windy and McCarthy very rocky sandy loams, 8 to 50 percent slopes	WgE	2874	460164	hfv0	ca607	1967	1:20000
Cohasset-McCarthy complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	CrE	2228	459973	hfmv	ca607	1967	1:20000
Cohasset-McCarthy complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes	CrD	2004	459972	hfmt	ca607	1967	1:20000
Cohasset-McCarthy complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes	CrG	953	459974	hfmw	ca607	1967	1:20000
McCarthy cobbly loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	MoE	3163	460232	hfx6	ca619	1970	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	MoC	1674	460231	hfx5	ca619	1970	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy cobbly loams, 15 to 50 percent slopes	CsE	1483	460206	hfwc	ca619	1970	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy cobbly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	CsF	1036	460207	hfwd	ca619	1970	1:24000
McCarthy sandy loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	MnE	635	460230	hfx4	ca619	1970	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	172	6000	460336	hg0k	ca620	1975	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	171	1550	460335	hg0j	ca620	1975	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly loam, 9 to 50 percent slopes	MhE	9496	462259	hj0l	ca624	1968	1:20000
McCarthy and Jiggs very cobbly loams, 16 to 51 percent slopes	MmE	1315	462407	hj5c	ca628	1963	1:20000
McCarthy very rocky loam, 16 to 51 percent slopes	MkE	804	462404	hj58	ca628	1963	1:20000
McCarthy very rocky loam, 51 to 71 percent slopes	MkF	619	462405	hj59	ca628	1963	1:20000
McCarthy very cobbly loam, 3 to 16 percent slopes	MlC	238	462406	hj5b	ca628	1963	1:20000
McCarthy sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	MkE	38987	460831	hgjj	ca645	1961	1:20000
McCarthy sandy loam, 10 to 30 percent slopes	MkD	5450	460830	hgjh	ca645	1961	1:20000
McCarthy sandy loam, 50 to 65 percent slopes	MkF	4376	460832	hgjk	ca645	1961	1:20000
McCarthy stony sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	MmE	2164	460833	hgjl	ca645	1961	1:20000
McCarthy stony sandy loam, 50 to 65 percent slopes	MmF	1878	460834	hgjm	ca645	1961	1:20000
McCarthy-Iron Mountain complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	MnE	1876	460835	hgjn	ca645	1961	1:20000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	WfGsh	19	2766073	hftz	ca645	1961	1:20000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	WfEsh	278	1868692	20qjd	ca707	1983	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	WfGsh	204	1868694	20qjg	ca707	1983	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy very rocky sandy loams, 8 to 50 percent slopes	WgEsh	141	1868696	20qjj	ca707	1983	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy stony sandy loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	WeDsh	65	1868690	20qjb	ca707	1983	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy stony sandy loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	WeDsc	474	1528733	1n9rz	ca708	1984	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	WfEsc	227	1528735	1n9s1	ca708	1984	1:24000
McCarthy sandy loam, 10 to 30 percent slopes	MkDtc	42	1528745	1n9sc	ca708	1984	1:24000
Windy and McCarthy very stony sandy loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	WfGsc	6	1528737	1n9s3	ca708	1984	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount families complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes.	226	2854	471235	htc4	ca713	1984	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount families complex, 70 to 100 percent slopes.	227	694	471236	htc5	ca713	1984	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount-Crozier complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	MCG	21445	464741	hlln	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount-Crozier complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	MCE	16697	464739	hlll	ca719	1982	1:24000
Crozier-McCarthy-Cohasset complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	CTE	7779	464634	hlh6	ca719	1982	1:24000
Ledmount-McCarthy-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	IMG	6153	464697	hlk7	ca719	1982	1:24000
Crozier-McCarthy-Cohasset complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	CTG	5592	464636	hlh8	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount-Crozier complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, alter ed	MCE5	5005	464740	hllm	ca719	1982	1:24000
Crozier-McCarthy-Cohasset complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, altered	CTE5	1995	464635	hlh7	ca719	1982	1:24000
Ledmount-McCarthy-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	IME	1044	464696	hlk6	ca719	1982	1:24000
Putt-McCarthy-Zeibright complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	PMG	742	464769	hlmk	ca719	1982	1:24000
Hotaw, rhyolitic substratum-McCarthy-Cryumbrepts, wet complex, 3 0 to 75 percent slopes	HTF	633	464688	hljy	ca719	1982	1:24000
Putt-McCarthy-Zeibright complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	PME	590	464768	hlmj	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount-Crozier complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, terr aced	MCG6	312	464742	hllp	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	MoCnc	79	1587888	1q9b6	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	MoEnc	63	1587890	1q9b8	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	171pc	7	1585940	1q79c	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy cobbly sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	172pc	2	1585942	1q79f	ca719	1982	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy cobbly loams, 50 to 75 percent slopes	CsFnc	0	1587863	1q99d	ca719	1982	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	177	32041	464927	hlsn	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 30 percent slopes	175	19851	464925	hlsl	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy gravelly sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	176	14448	464926	hlsm	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy-Ledmount association, 30 to 75 percent slopes	178	13099	464928	hlsp	ca724	1985	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	112	11862	464862	hlqk	ca724	1985	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	113	8272	464863	hlql	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy-Cohasset association rhyolitic substratum, 30 to 75 percent slopes	115	7721	464865	hlqn	ca724	1985	1:24000
Crozier-McCarthy complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	118	5458	464868	hlqr	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy-Crozier complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	119	3879	464869	hlqs	ca724	1985	1:24000
Cohasset-McCarthy association, rhyolitic substratum, 5 to 30 percent slopes	114	3140	464864	hlqm	ca724	1985	1:24000
McCarthy, rhyolitic substratum-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 75 percent slopes association	179	1080	464929	hlsq	ca724	1985	1:24000
Lithic Xerumbrepts-Rock outcrop-McCarthy family, modera tely deep complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes	175	20348	465049	hlxl	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy family, deep-Moderately deep complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	176	14944	465050	hlxm	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy family, moderately deep-Deep complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	179	12025	465053	hlxq	ca731	1981	1:24000
Hollan, deep dark surface-Moderately deep dark surface-McCarthy, moderately deep families complex, 5 to 35 p	137	7969	465013	hlwf	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy, deep-Moderately deep-Holland, dark surface fa milies complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	178	5314	465052	hlxp	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy family, moderately deep-Deep complex, 35 to 60 slopes	180	3856	465054	hlxr	ca731	1981	1:24000
Holland, deep, dark surface-Mod. deep, dark surface-Mcc arth, moderately deep families complex, 35 to 50 perce	138	1929	465014	hlwg	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy family, deep-Moderately deep complex, 35 to 50 slopes	177	1538	465051	hlxn	ca731	1981	1:24000
McCarthy family, moderately deep-Rock outcrop associati on, 5 to 35 percent slopes	181	1365	465055	hlxs	ca731	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MCCARTHY 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 2024-10-30).