Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PAWCATUCK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PAWCATUCK, 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 PAWCATUCK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
n/a16N0291S2015NJ029024Pawcatuck8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.7988139,-74.1031667
n/a17N0080S2016RI009010Pawcatuck7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.2242778,-71.5655833

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the PAWCATUCK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the PAWCATUCK series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the PAWCATUCK 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 .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with PAWCATUCK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the PAWCATUCK series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the PAWCATUCK 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

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 PAWCATUCK, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. MA-2012-02-01-01 | Barnstable County - March 1993

    Relationship of soils, landscapes, and parent material in some map units in Barnstable County (Soil Survey of Barnstable County, Massachusetts; March 1993).

  2. MA-2012-02-01-02 | Barnstable County - March 1993

    Relationship of soils, landscapes, and parent material between Sandy Neck to the north and Hyannis Harbor to the south. The diagram represents an area approximately 4 by 8 miles (Soil Survey of Barnstable County, Massachusetts; March 1993).

  3. MLRA153D_Final | NJ - 2019

    Coastal and Subaqueous Soils of the Mid-Atlantic.

Map Units

Map units containing PAWCATUCK 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
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded971326057130zg9ct60120031:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded97578326056030zg9ct60220031:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, very frequently flooded, tidalPa12016034571qtjfde00520061:24000
Ipswich - Pawcatuck - Matunuck complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded66A140282765292tyqmma00119841:25000
Pawcatuck and Matunuck mucky peats, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded64A9302766982tyqpma00719831:20000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded63A7072769892tyqgma01919771:20000
Ipswich - Pawcatuck - Matunuck complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded66A64863093602tyqmma02320101:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, freshened666A97824855362pfdlma02320101:12000
Pawcatuck and Ipswich peats, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded61A31417800122tyqqma60319791:20000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded4977202793432tyqgnh01519861:24000
Pawcatuck-Transquaking complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPdwAv11889779105v4qfnj00919971:24000
Pawcatuck-Transquaking complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPdwAv391714059332xh4bnj01120031:24000
Pawcatuck-Transquaking complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPdwAv476113954281hv1tnj02319851:24000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedIPA1525891592pbjdny00520141:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, freshenedIPMA325891602pfdlny00520141:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPaA6724846192tyqgny04720141:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedIPA6324827712pbjdny04720141:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPa10792929212tyqgny05919831:24000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedIPA225891332pbjdny06120141:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedIPA41025205292pbjdny08120141:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPaA12925188252tyqgny08120141:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently floodedIPA32927776592pbjdny08520141:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPaA2425188242tyqgny08520141:12000
Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, freshenedIPMA926032302pfdlny08520141:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPw39724878102tyqgri60019771:12000
Pawcatuck mucky peat, sanded surface, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently floodedPaS333264944300x0ri60019771:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PAWCATUCK 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 .