Soil Data Explorer - HEZEL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HEZEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HEZEL, 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 HEZEL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HEZEL 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 HEZEL 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 HEZEL 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 HEZEL 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with HEZEL 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 HEZEL 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the HEZEL 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 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 HEZEL, 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. WA-2012-05-11-15 | Benton County Area - July 1971

   Cross section of Benton County, showing the relationship of elevation, precipitation, and major soil series (Soil Survey of Benton County Area, Washington; April 1980).

Map Units

Map units containing HEZEL 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
Hezel loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	20B	2985	61293	21s6	or648	1977	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes	20C	585	61294	21s7	or648	1977	1:24000
Quincy-Hezel complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	97	19792	71945	2dvt	wa021	1994	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes	29	12809	71704	2dm1	wa021	1994	1:20000
Quincy-Hezel-Warden complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	100	6663	71483	2dcx	wa021	1994	1:20000
Quincy-Hezel complex, fine sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	99	2102	71949	2dvy	wa021	1994	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, cobbly substratum, 0 to 10 percent slopes	32	1394	71715	2dmd	wa021	1994	1:20000
Quincy-Hezel complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	98	1351	71947	2dvw	wa021	1994	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 30 to 60 percent slopes	31	182	71712	2dm9	wa021	1994	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	30	180	71710	2dm7	wa021	1994	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 10 percent slopes	55	10882	68830	29mb	wa025	1979	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 30 percent slopes	HeE	47232	69549	2bcj	wa605	1965	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	HeD	4170	69548	2bch	wa605	1965	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HeA	1739	69547	2bcg	wa605	1965	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	212	737	76215	2k9k	wa639	2003	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	211	702	76214	2k9j	wa639	2003	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	213	577	76216	2k9l	wa639	2003	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	HoC2	7389	71347	2d7j	wa671	1961	1:31680
Hezel-Quincy complex, eroded	Hp2	3626	71350	2d7m	wa671	1961	1:31680
Hezel loamy fine sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	HoD2	562	71348	2d7k	wa671	1961	1:31680
Hezel fine sand, 30 to 45 percent slopes, eroded	HoE2	33	71349	2d7l	wa671	1961	1:31680
Hezel fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	131	100	86076	2wkn	wa676	2014	1:12000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	58	3343	69027	29tp	wa677	1979	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	57	1223	69026	29tn	wa677	1979	1:24000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HeA	1730	69089	29wp	wa678	1970	1:20000
Hezel loamy fine sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	HeD	1180	69090	29wq	wa678	1970	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HEZEL 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).