Soil Data Explorer - MASSBACH

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
105	X3-712B-1	S1987IA005008	Massbach	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.232809,-91.3680374

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MASSBACH 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 MASSBACH 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 MASSBACH 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MASSBACH, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing MASSBACH 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
Massbach silt loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	721C	406	402508	fhv4	ia005	1992	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes,	721D	240	402510	fhv6	ia005	1992	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	753C2	4675	1949592	23fq2	il085	1990	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	753B	1017	1949591	23fq1	il085	1990	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	753D2	972	1949697	23ftg	il085	1990	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	753B	381	179119	60d1	il175	1992	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	753C2	1680	1592072	1qfp5	il177	2006	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	753B	300	1592071	1qfp4	il177	2006	1:12000
Waubeek and Massbach soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	N538C2	90	1385015	1hh6x	mn039	2005	1:12000
Massbach-Schapville complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes	N634E	1103	1711675	1vg4b	mn049	2007	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded	N633D2	458	1711674	1vg49	mn049	2007	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	N633C2	296	1711673	1vg48	mn049	2007	1:12000
Waubeek and Massbach soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	N538C2	105	1711646	1vg3d	mn049	2007	1:12000
Massbach silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	131C	1084	398222	fccw	mn055	1981	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	131B	344	398221	fccv	mn055	1981	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	131C	1174	400712	ffz6	mn109	1977	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	131B	959	400711	ffz5	mn109	1977	1:15840
Massbach silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	131D	446	400713	ffz7	mn109	1977	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MASSBACH 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).