Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the IZO 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 IZO 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 IZO 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 IZO 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with IZO 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 IZO series and competing. 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 IZO 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 .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with IZO, 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. NV-2012-05-09-18 | Mineral County Area - October 1991

    Appearance of some detailed soil map units as they occur in various positions on the landscape (Soil Survey of Mineral County Area, Nevada; October 1991).

  2. NV-2012-05-09-19 | Mineral County Area - October 1991

    Landscape positions of each major soil component identified within the respective map units (Soil Survey of Mineral County Area, Nevada; October 1991).

Map Units

Map units containing IZO 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
Cliffdown-Izo families complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes25105615912nnx4az70120011:24000
Bluewing-Izo complex, 5-15% slopes100268133563212zzg5ca76319841:24000
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association4823233356315312slca76319841:24000
Itme-Izo association126112273271037j8lqca8061:24000
Bluewing-Izo complex, 5-15% slopes1002827632710512zzg5ca8061:24000
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association48253353271063312slca8061:24000
Wardenot-Izo association442210432710392s220ca8061:24000
Maggie-Pintwater-Izo associationMA73384955972v417nv62219721:24000
Unsel-Izo complexUT1030596542whn5nv62219721:24000
Izo-Misad association20011765479082j2j8nv76819851:63360
Izo-Bubus association2011545479084j2jbnv76819851:63360
Unsel-Annnaw-Izo association102060164763832s21znv77019951:24000
Terlco-Annaw-Izo association104027094763922s21ynv77019951:24000
Luning-Izo association71037476652hzzwnv77019951:24000
Oricto-Gynelle-Izo association5100582334769922xdmznv77419851:24000
Gynelle-Izo association115543603476724j026nv77419851:24000
Candelaria-Wardenot-Izo association418127601476962j09wnv77419851:24000
Wardenot-Truhoy-Izo association189417593476830j05mnv77419851:24000
Unsel-Annnaw-Izo association1643166794767972s21znv77419851:24000
Wardenot, moist-Izo association189216034476828j05knv77419851:24000
Izo, rarely flooded-Izo association191013963476832j05pnv77419851:24000
Oricto-Izo association5101124314769932s23pnv77419851:24000
Candelaria-Izo association418011552476961j09vnv77419851:24000
Terlco-Annaw-Izo association4162111554769492s21ynv77419851:24000
Candelaria-Gynelle-Izo association4182108374769632v42wnv77419851:24000
Wardenot-Izo association1891100334768272s220nv77419851:24000
Luning-Izo association187780374768232s23tnv77419851:24000
Belted-Izo association13236893476752j033nv77419851:24000
Belted-Terlco-Izo association13255294476754j035nv77419851:24000
Sodaspring-Izo association200252844768452v41qnv77419851:24000
Terlco-Izo association, moderately steep41634727476950j09hnv77419851:24000
Smedley-Annaw-Izo association30614560476889j07jnv77419851:24000
Candelaria, dry-Izo association418445304769652s22dnv77419851:24000
Wardenot-Annaw-Izo association, moist189343794768292s22fnv77419851:24000
Wardenot, moderately steep-Wardenot-Izo association18903284476826j05hnv77419851:24000
Candelaria-Izo, rarely flooded, association41832661476964j09ynv77419851:24000
Fawin-Izo association14822552476779j03znv77419851:24000
Candelaria-Roic-Izo association41862524476967j0b1nv77419851:24000
Hawsley-Izo association11732096476728j02bnv77419851:24000
Typic Torriorthents, 15 to 75 percent slopes19402029476835j05snv77419851:24000
Terlco-Izo association41612019476948j09fnv77419851:24000
Wardenot-Stumble-Izo association18972014476831j05nnv77419851:24000
Truhoy gravelly loamy sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes40621445476927j08rnv77419851:24000
Lathrop-Terlco-Izo association19509294768362whm6nv77419851:24000
Gynelle-Izo association, strongly sloping1156892476725j027nv77419851:24000
Celeton-Dumps-Izo association6020153477002j0c5nv77419851:24000
Unsel-Annnaw-Izo association1142158984806942s21znv78119941:24000
Unsel-Wardenot-Izo association1141111124806932s239nv78119941:24000
Unsel-Silverbow-Izo association11463346480697j46cnv78119941:24000
Oricto-Izo association129128154807262s23pnv78119941:24000
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association193025044808332s21xnv78119941:24000
Luning-Izo association211124294808462s23tnv78119941:24000
Terlco-Annaw-Izo association132316254807352s21ynv78119941:24000
Maggie-Pintwater-Izo association208014754808422v417nv78119941:24000
Leo-Izo association17041058480804j49tnv78119941:24000
Izo very gravelly sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes1820607480817j4b7nv78119941:24000
Pintwater-Izo association195095480834j4bsnv78119941:24000
Unsel-Izo association313928834809162s23dnv78319911:24000
Lidan-Izo association25405958469178hr6snv78519951:24000
Ardivey-Stonell-Izo association26715754469191hr76nv78519951:24000
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association266039184691892s21xnv78519951:24000
Luning-Wardenot-Izo association26502730469188hr73nv78519951:24000
Vigus-Fuegosta-Izo association25202424469174hr6nnv78519951:24000
Stonewall-Izo-Lidan association25501892469179hr6tnv78519951:24000
Ardivey-Izo association267014334691902s22rnv78519951:24000
Wardenot-Izo association258013364691812s220nv78519951:24000
Leo-Izo association26901269469195hr7bnv78519951:24000
Fuegosta-Tomel-Izo association2510818469172hr6lnv78519951:24000
Fuegosta-Wardenot-Izo association2511564469173hr6mnv78519951:24000
Silverbow-Wardenot-Izo association2750457469207hr7qnv78519951:24000
Unsel-Wardenot-Izo association101954134848832s239nv79619841:63360
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association, moist48034608485065j8r8nv79619841:63360
Unsel-Izo association108242714848992s23dnv79619841:63360
Wardenot-Izo association442184894850432s220nv79619841:63360
Stonell-Wardenot-Izo association482136534850672s21xnv79619841:63360
Wardenot-Annaw-Izo association44612799485047j8qpnv79619841:63360
Itme-Izo association12611480484924j8lqnv79619841:63360
Ardivey-Wardenot-Izo association47610850485063j8r6nv79619841:63360
Lyda-Ardivey-Izo association78010000485145j8tvnv79619841:63360
Silverbow-Wardenot-Izo association51098344850732v41pnv79619841:63360
Yomba-Wardenot-Izo association1618361484936j8m3nv79619841:63360
Fuegosta-Tomel-Izo association9206462485172j8vqnv79619841:63360
Sodaspring-Izo association99062364851832v41qnv79619841:63360
Wardenot-Annaw-Izo association, moist44755914850482s22fnv79619841:63360
Papoose-Izo association10345355484892j8kpnv79619841:63360
Ardivey-Tomel-Izo association4754826485062j8r5nv79619841:63360
Lathrop-Terlco-Izo association27346164849762whm6nv79619841:63360
Unsel-Silverbow-Izo association1034010484887j8kjnv79619841:63360
Ardivey-Izo association47140104850592s22rnv79619841:63360
Noyson-Stumble-Izo association3903562485027j8q1nv79619841:63360
Candelaria, dry-Izo association33425914850022s22dnv79619841:63360
Leo-Izo association1221931484922j8lnnv79619841:63360
Vigus-Fuegosta-Izo association42118784850362v426nv79619841:63360
Candelaria-Gynelle-Izo association33116934850012v42wnv79619841:63360
Stumble-Belcher-Izo association1411363484930j8lxnv79619841:63360
Vigus-Unsel-Izo association420562485035j8q9nv79619841:63360
Celeton-Dumps-Izo association520457485075j8rlnv79619841:63360
Oricto-Gynelle-Izo association17014234776092xdmznv79919911:24000
Izo very gravelly sand, 2 to 4 percent slopes110290477600j0zgnv79919911:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the IZO 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 .