Soil Data Explorer - ZIEGENFUSS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ZIEGENFUSS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ZIEGENFUSS, 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 ZIEGENFUSS 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
98	09N0193	F2008MI107F001	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.7455278,-85.5116389
98	09N0062	S2007MI057009	Ziegenfuss	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.1761139,-84.5532861
98	09N1085	S2009MI087001	Ziegenfuss	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9954194,-82.9877917
98	12N7765	S2011MI087001	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9971306,-83.0114389
99	09N1071	S2009MI091001	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7235889,-83.7656833
99	09N1079	S2009MI091002	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7202,-83.8843722
99	09N1072	S2009OH095001	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.72145,-83.8365389
99	09N1074	S2009OH095004	Ziegenfuss	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7209028,-83.8614083
99	13N0548	S2012MI163015	Ziegenfuss	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4420278,-82.9343444

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ZIEGENFUSS, 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 ZIEGENFUSS 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
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	15004	2403642	2lp5v	mi057	1975	1:12000
Ziegenfuss silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsaaA	6909	2403643	2lp5w	mi057	1975	1:12000
Ziegenfuss loam	24	7962	186615	685v	mi073	1983	1:15840
Ziegenfuss silty clay loam, thick surface, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsadA	712	2673686	2qz3h	mi087	1966	1:15840
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	25	2673685	2lp5v	mi087	1966	1:15840
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsacA	72813	2673731	2qz3g	mi091	1957	1:20000
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	7573	2673712	2lp5v	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land-Avoca complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfsubB	1123	3015253	2tx7c	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ZfsuaA	991	3015252	2tx77	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land-Blount complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfsucB	864	3015254	2tx76	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ZfshaA	102	3015251	2whvp	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsacA	27	2673713	2qz3g	mi099	1967	1:20000
Ziegenfuss loam	12	1548	192458	6g8b	mi105	1992	1:15840
Ziegenfuss silty clay loam	22	1138	187728	69br	mi107	1982	1:15840
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	11268	2673733	2lp5v	mi115	1980	1:15840
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsacA	9806	2673734	2qz3g	mi115	1980	1:15840
Ziegenfuss silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsaaA	14	2673630	2lp5w	mi145	1991	1:15840
Ziegenfuss silty clay loam, thick surface, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsadA	26	2673689	2qz3h	mi147	1969	1:20000
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	12	2422690	2mb09	mi155	1967	1:12000
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsacA	2542	2673718	2qz3g	mi161	1974	1:20000
Ziegenfuss clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsabA	6634	3015107	2lp5v	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ZfsuaA	4904	3015134	2tx77	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land-Blount complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfsucB	4722	3015133	2tx76	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss-Urban land-Avoca complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfsubB	2680	3015138	2tx7c	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ZfshaA	552	3015226	2whvp	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss-Avoca sandy loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfshbB	304	3015227	2whvq	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfsacA	208	3015108	2qz3g	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss-Blount sandy loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	ZfshcB	96	3015228	2whvr	mi163	1974	1:12000
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Zie5A	1345	2655670	2qz3g	oh051	1981	1:15840
Ziegenfuss clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Zie5A	1296	2655671	2qz3g	oh095	1978	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ZIEGENFUSS 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).