Soil Data Explorer - KINZUA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KINZUA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KINZUA, 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 KINZUA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 KINZUA 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 KINZUA series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KINZUA 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 KINZUA 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KINZUA share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KINZUA 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).

Geomorphic description summaries for the KINZUA 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 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 KINZUA, 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. NY-2010-09-28-01 | Cattarugus County - 2007

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Cattarugus County, New York; 2007).

2. NY-2012-02-15-10 | Chautauqua County - August 1994

   Representative landscape showing soils that formed in residual material, glacial till, glacial outwash, or alluvium (Soil Survey of Chautauqua County, New York; August 1994).

Map Units

Map units containing KINZUA 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
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	97E	831	300042	b26s	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	98E	163	318150	bp1x	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	97D	128	300041	b26r	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	98D	47	300046	b26x	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	98F	33	300047	b26y	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	97F	28	300043	b26t	ny003	2013	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	97E	15549	289760	9qj3	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	97D	4417	289759	9qj2	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	98E	3132	289765	9qj8	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	97C	1966	289758	9qj1	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	97F	1049	289761	9qj4	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	98D	970	289764	9qj7	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	97B	435	289757	9qj0	ny009	2002	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes	KnE	111	289847	9qlx	ny013	1988	1:15840
Kinzua channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	KnF	3339	1452388	1krb7	pa083	1984	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	KnE	642	1452387	1krb6	pa083	1984	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	KnD	231	1452386	1krb5	pa083	1984	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KnC	138	1452385	1krb4	pa083	1984	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KnB	133	1452384	1krb3	pa083	1984	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	KkF	39388	2999047	2x4x5	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kinzua-Madsheep channery silt loams, 25 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	KmF	7731	2999049	2x4x7	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kinzua-Madsheep channery silt loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	KmD	1148	2999048	2x4x6	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	KnF	946	1451341	1kq7g	pa609	1979	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KnB	248	1451337	1kq7b	pa609	1979	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	KnD	145	1451339	1kq7d	pa609	1979	1:20000
Kinzua channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KnC	10	1451338	1kq7c	pa609	1979	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KINZUA 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).