How much water an ecosystem's soil (or a pervious area) can absorb.
Used to calculate:soil water
Varies by: ecosystem
| Used | ecosystem | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
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| * | Agricultural field / vegetable garden | Wolfe et al, 1995. Growth and Yield Sensitivity of Four Vegetable Crops to Soil Compaction | Freeville, NY: Agricultural Field / Vegetable Garden () | 0.18 | in / in depth | The soil is classified as silt-loam, and the field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Airfield | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Airport terminal | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Alley | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Apartment building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Beach | Wright and Sautter, 1988. Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes | New York City: Beaches () | 0.04 | in / in depth | Approximation of field capacity based on textural class of soil from Wright and Sautter. |
| * | Bike lane | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Bioswale | Sklerov 2011. DEP Unviels New Green Infrastructure. | New York City: Bioswales () | 0.04 | in / in depth | Bioswales are intended to have primarily sandy texture. Wright and Sautter paper used to determine field capacity from this texture. |
| * | Boulevard (arterial) | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Bridge | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Camp | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Cemetery | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Cemetery () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Greenbelt soil series (used for cemeteries); soil includes sandy loam, loam and silt loam. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Cistern / rain barrels | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Cliffs and rock outcrops | Wright and Sautter, 1988. Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes | Rhode Island, USA: Rock Outcrops () | 0.12 | in / in depth | From soil type given by Charlton-Rock Outcrop, pg 48. |
| * | Cogeneration plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Compost bin | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Computer data center | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Cottages / Mobile home | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Deep water estuary | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 1000 | mm | |
| * | Derelict structures | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft | |
| * | Diesel power plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Disturbed Land | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Disturbed Land () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Foresthills is an example of a soil series in NYC of land that has been cut and somewhat refilled with natural soil materials by humans. The series includes sandy loam, loam, and silt loam. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Eelgrass meadow | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | mm | Assumed to be zero since eelgrass grows in an estuary. |
| * | Elevated train | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Estuary | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 1000 | mm | We have assumed an arbitrarily large value. |
| * | Factory | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Freshwater marsh | Mitsch 1993 Wetlands | Global: Marshes () | 0.13 | in / in depth | |
| * | Fuel storage tank | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Garage | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Gas station | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Geothermal pump | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Graywater recycling | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Greenhouse / vertical farm | Marlow 2012. Greenhouse Gardening Made Easy | Global: Greenhouse () | 0.13 | in / in depth | Loam is cited as the optimal soil for greenhouse gardening. |
| * | Green roof | Czemiel Berndtsson 2010 Green roof performance towards management of runoff... | Malmö, Sweden: sedum-moss thin vegetated roof (July 2001 - December 2002) | 3 | mm / cm depth of soil | 9 mm water retention in a 30 mm depth thin vegetated green roof. Data from Bengtsson et al. (2005). |
| * | Hardwood swamp | D'Angelo et al, 2005. Soil carbon and microbial commuities at bottomland forest wetlands | Kentucky, USA: Hardwood Swamp () | 1.44 | cm/ cm of depth | Original value: Water-holding capacity in 0–6 cm soil depth (%) = 24 +/- 9.8 Early successional. Late successional value = 34 +/- 9.4 (%) |
| * | Heavy rail line | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Hemlock – northern hardwood forest | Lovett et al. 2004. Nitrogetn cycling in a northern hardwood forest | Catksills, New York: Hardwood Forest () | 0.13 | in / in depth | The soil type was calculated as loam. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | High salt marsh | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Salt Marsh () | 0.07 | in / in depth | |
| * | Highway | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Hospital | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Hotel | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Landfill | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Landfill () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Greatkills Soil Series; sandy loam, loam and silt loam throughout. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Lawn | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Lawn () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Flatbush Soil Series (used for athletic fields and low density residential use). Sandy loam, loam and silt loam throughout. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Light rail line | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Low salt marsh | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Salt Marsh () | 0.07 | in / in depth | |
| * | Meadow | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Meadow () | 0.125 | in / in depth | The Leicester Soil Series includes plains that are relatively undisturbed and thus can substitute for meadows. The soil is loam or sandy loam. The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Mixed use: office / residential building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm / cm depth of soil | |
| * | Mixed use: restaurant / office building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Mixed use: restaurant / residential building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Mixed use: restaurant / retail building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Mixed use: retail / office building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Mixed use: retail / residential building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Natural gas power plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Oak hickory forest | Lovett et al. 2004. Nitrogetn cycling in a northern hardwood forest | Catksills, New York: Oak Forest () | 0.13 | in / in depth | The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Office building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Orchard | Oliveira, 2001. Soil physical conditions in a New York orchard | New York: Orchard () | 0.43 | m3 / m3 | Average of Pre-HBS, HBS, Mulch and Mowed-Sod treatments. |
| * | Ornamental garden | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Ornamental Gardens () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Based on Central Park soil series (silt loam, loam, sandy loam throughout). The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Parking lot | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Park savanna | Gilman, Edward and Watson, Dennis 1994 platanus x acerifolia liberty: liberty london planetree | Global: park savanna (1994) | 0.092 | in / in depth | based on compatible planting soil types: clay; loam; sand in 'Soils of Rhode Island' Wright, W. & Sautter, E. 1988 p. 28 |
| * | Paved ball field/court | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Pedestrian bridge | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Pedestrian street / plaza | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Permeable pavers | National Ready Mixed Concrete Association- 2011-Pervious Pavement Design | Global: Urban Landscape (2011) | 87.5 | mm | |
| Permeable pavers | National Ready Mixed Concrete Association- 2011-Pervious Pavement Design | Global: Urban Landscape (2011) | 150 | mm | pedestrian capacity over permeable paver | |
| Permeable pavers | National Ready Mixed Concrete Association- 2011-Pervious Pavement Design | Global: Urban Landscape (2011) | 25 | mm | auto capacity over permeable paver | |
| * | Photovoltaic panels | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Pier | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Pond | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 1000 | mm | We have assumed an arbitrarily large value. |
| * | Public assembly hall | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| Puddles on hardtops | NULL REFERENCE | NULL REFERENCE LOCATON: NULL ECOSYSTEM (NULL STUDY PERIOD) | None | DUMMY UNIT | ||
| * | Restaurant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Retail building | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | School or university | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Sewage treatment plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Shrub land | Wright and Sautter, 1988. Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes | Rhode Island, USA: Shrubs () | 0.04 | in / in depth | Soil type determined by shrubs on page 51; soil field capacity by chart on page 28. |
| * | Sidewalk | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Single family home | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Solar energy facility | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Solar heating panels | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Solid waste transfer plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Stadium | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Stream | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 10 | mm | |
| * | Streetcar line | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Street (collector) | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft | |
| * | Street trees | NYC Soil Survey Staff, 2005. NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey | New York City: Street Trees () | 0.1433 | in / in depth | Based on Central Park soil (silt loam, loam, sandy loam throughout). The field capacity was approximated for this soil textural class based on Figure 9 (page 27) in Wright and Sautter, 1988, "Soils of Rhode Island." |
| * | Subway | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Swimming pool | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Tidal energy facility | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Traffic slowed street | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Trail | Wright and Sautter, 1988. Soils of Rhode Island Landscapes | New York: Trail () | 0.07 | in / in depth | Texture determined from the Romulus Soil Series. |
| * | Tunnel | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | mm | |
| * | Utility yard | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft | |
| * | Warehouse | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Waste energy power plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Water treatment plant | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Water/wastewater storage tank | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | in / ft of depth | |
| * | Wind farm | USDA 1998. Camroden Series. | Lowville, NY: Wind Farm () | 0.13 | in / in depth | Silt-Loam soil texture |