Soil Data Explorer - METZ

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the METZ soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of METZ, 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 METZ 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
n/a	79P0276	79CA053001	Metz	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with METZ 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 METZ 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 METZ 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 hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with METZ, 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 METZ 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
Metz complex	Mg	19060	455663	h94t	ca053	1972	1:24000
Pico fine sandy loam	Pf	13745	455689	h95n	ca053	1972	1:24000
Metz fine sandy loam	Mf	5745	455662	h94s	ca053	1972	1:24000
Metz loamy sand	Me	3945	455661	h94r	ca053	1972	1:24000
Metz sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MeA	1812	456230	h9r3	ca069	1965	1:20000
Metz gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MgA	613	456231	h9r4	ca069	1965	1:20000
Metz sandy loam, wet variant, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhA	398	456233	h9r6	ca069	1965	1:20000
Metz gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MgC	318	456232	h9r5	ca069	1965	1:20000
Metz sandy loam, wet variant, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MhAsb	12	699683	rh2f	ca646	1967	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	166	4060	457269	hbtm	ca665	1977	1:24000
Metz-Tujunga complex, occasionally flooded, 0 to 5 percent slopes	167	2915	457270	hbtn	ca665	1977	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	480	890	458517	hd3w	ca667	2003	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MnA	8488	457435	hbzz	ca672	1966	1:20000
Metz loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes, eroded	MnC2	7345	457437	hc01	ca672	1966	1:20000
Metz loamy sand, overflow, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MoA	1941	457438	hc02	ca672	1966	1:20000
Metz loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MnC	626	457436	hc00	ca672	1966	1:20000
Metz loamy sand	Mc	184	457620	hc5y	ca673	1974	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MeA	5431	457731	hc9j	ca674	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, warm MAAT, MLRA 19	McA	2629	457729	2tz04	ca674	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MeC	1351	457732	hc9k	ca674	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy fine sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	McC	826	457730	hc9h	ca674	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MfA	681	457733	hc9l	ca674	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MfC	1881	457860	hcfp	ca675	1968	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MfA	1019	457859	hcfn	ca675	1968	1:24000
Metz loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MgB	542	457862	hcfr	ca675	1968	1:24000
Metz loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MgA	168	457861	hcfq	ca675	1968	1:24000
Urban land-Pico-Metz complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1008LA		2911704	2qdsb	ca677	1972	1:24000
Metz coarse sandy loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MgC	300	457971	hck8	ca677	1972	1:24000
Urban land-Metz-Pico complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1000LA		2911716	2mytv	ca678	1974	1:24000
Metz loamy sand	163	20755	458064	hcn8	ca678	1974	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, moderately fine substratum	164	9310	458065	hcn9	ca678	1974	1:24000
Metz loamy fine sand, gravelly sand substratum, 0 to 5 percent slopes	MgB	1833	458305	hcx1	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz loamy sand, channeled, 0 to 15 percent slopes	MeD	1640	458303	hcwz	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	MlD	1353	458307	hcx3	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz loamy fine sand, sandy loam substratum, 0 to 5 per cent slopes	MhB	975	458306	hcx2	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, shorter FFS, MLRA 19	MfA	770	458304	2tz05	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz loamy sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	MdC	591	458302	hcwy	ca679	1967	1:15840
Metz loamy sand	163	3	734863	snp8	ca679	1967	1:15840
Urban land-Metz-Pico complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1001LA		2911667	2mytv	ca692	2001	1:24000
Urban land-Metz-Pico complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1001	12623	2441741	2mytv	ca696	2016	1:24000
Urban land-Pico-Metz complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1008	9399	2562666	2qdsb	ca696	2016	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, moderately fine substratum	164oc	1	2911737	hcn9	ca696	2016	1:24000
Metz-Tujunga complex, occasionally flooded, 0 to 5 percent slopes	167pr	33	1412873	1jf6k	ca772	1981	1:24000
Metz loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	166pr	20	1412872	1jf6j	ca772	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the METZ 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).