Soil Data Explorer - MATCHER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MATCHER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MATCHER, 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 MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 MATCHER 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 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 MATCHER, 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 MATCHER 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
Matcher family-Rock outcrop-Lithic Cryorthents complex, 40 to 150 percent slopes	8708D	28136	768928	tt44	co645		1:24000
Bross family-Rubble land-Matcher family complex, 40 to 150 percent slopes	8707D	23737	763008	tlz5	co645		1:24000
Bross-Matcher families-Lithic Cryorthents complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	8700B	20562	763006	tlz3	co645		1:24000
Matcher family-Cryaquepts-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	8703B	7214	766673	tqsd	co645		1:24000
Bross-Matcher families-Lithic Cryorthents complex, 40 to 75 percent slopes	8700C	1964	763007	tlz4	co645		1:24000
Matcher stony sandy loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes	MaF	4049	509759	k3fv	co661	1968	1:31680
Matcher very stony sandy loam, 5 to 45 percent slopes	McF	1907	509760	k3fw	co661	1968	1:31680
Matcher stony sandy loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes	MaE	1591	509758	k3ft	co661	1968	1:31680
Matcher-Como-Leighcan families, complex, mountain ridgetops	108B	459	2024035	25y5g	id758	1998	1:24000
Matcher-Como families-Rock outcrop association, valley trough walls	221Vr	98	2024039	25y5l	id758	1998	1:24000
Como-Matcher families-Rock outcrop complex, cirque headwalls	218Vr	9	2024038	25y5k	id758	1998	1:24000
Como-Matcher families-Rock outcrop complex, cirque headwalls	218Vr	15323	148542	4zkp	mt605	2007	1:24000
Matcher-Cowood families-Rock outcrop complex, cirque headwalls	211Vr	13376	148540	4zkm	mt605	2007	1:24000
Matcher-Como families-Rock outcrop association, valley trough walls	221Vr	9218	148546	4zkt	mt605	2007	1:24000
Garlet-Como-Matcher families, complex, valley trough walls	221S	7899	149179	5077	mt605	2007	1:24000
Como-Leighcan-Matcher families, complex, valley trough walls	221V	4206	624979	nzbm	mt605	2007	1:24000
Matcher-Leighcan-Cowood families, complex, mountain ridgetops	101B	2842	148526	4zk5	mt605	2007	1:24000
Leighcan-Matcher-Como families, complex, glacial moraines	341V	2258	148579	4zlw	mt605	2007	1:24000
Como-Leighcan-Matcher families, complex, mountain ridgetops	101V	2101	624857	nz6p	mt605	2007	1:24000
Matcher-Como-Leighcan families, complex, mountain ridgetops	108B	1538	148537	4zkj	mt605	2007	1:24000
Matcher-Cowood families-Rock outcrop complex, cirque headwalls	211Vr	367	2597694	4zkm	mt612	2011	1:24000
Como-Leighcan-Matcher families, complex, valley trough walls	221V	75	2597780	nzbm	mt612	2011	1:24000
Leighcan-Matcher-Como families, complex, glacial moraines	341V	48	2597698	4zlw	mt612	2011	1:24000
Matcher-Leighcan-Cowood families complex, mountain ridgetops	101B	302	1707985	1vb99	mt623	1988	1:24000
Como-Leighcan-Matcher families complex, mountain rifgetops	101V	243	1707986	1vb9b	mt623	1988	1:24000
Garlet-Como-Matcher families, complex, valley trough walls	312	210	1710125	1vdjb	mt636	1983	1:24000
Kegsprings family-Rock outcrop-Matcher family, complex	1583	60507	3056502	2xtrp	wy665	1996	1:62500
Como-Matcher-Ledgefork families, complex	182	26568	3056486	2xtr7	wy665	1996	1:62500
Matcher, stony-Moran-Tolby families, complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	24	872	2980441	2wqqr	wy667		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MATCHER 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).