Soil Data Explorer - ZITA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ZITA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ZITA, 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 ZITA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
77C	12N7775	S2012TX079004	Zita	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	33.7799568,-102.6580963

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ZITA 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 ZITA 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 ZITA 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 ZITA 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 ZITA 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 ZITA 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 ZITA 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 hills 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 ZITA, 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. NM-2012-02-15-01 | Roosevelt County - March 1967

   Generalized diagram of soil patterns that extend southwest to northeast through Roosevelt County (Soil Survey of Roosevelt County, New Mexico; March 1967).

2. TX-2010-11-03-65 | Lynn County - 2008

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Acuff-Amarillo general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).

3. TX-2010-11-03-68 | Lynn County - 2008

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Estacado-Pep general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).

4. TX-2012-03-20-01 | Bailey County - April 1963

   Amarillo fine sandy loam association (Soil Survey of Bailey County, TX; 1963).

5. TX-2012-03-20-14 | Carson County - July 1962

   Soil toposequence of playas (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).

6. TX-2012-03-20-36 | Dawson County - August 1960

   Soils in a playa on high plains and associated soils (Soil Survey of Dawson County, TX; 1960).

7. TX-2012-03-21-04 | Hansford County - June 1960

   Diagram showing typical locations of soil series and the underlying parent material (Soil Survey of Hansford County, TX; 1960).

8. TX-2012-03-21-19 | Lamb County - March 1962

   Some soils of general soil area 1 (Soil Survey of Lamb County, TX; 1962).

9. TX-2012-03-21-90 | Terry County - February 1962

   Soils in a playa (Soil Survey of Terry County, TX; 1962).

Map Units

Map units containing ZITA 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
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Zt	8628	376485	f5tk	nm025	1967	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam	Zf	1184	376484	2tw2h	nm025	1967	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	3334	1607342	f5th	nm041	2014	1:24000
Zita very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZtA	3185	2520115	1idxw	nm041	2014	1:24000
Zita very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZtB	998	2520116	1idxx	nm041	2014	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	223	2109239	f5tj	nm041	2014	1:24000
Zita clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZcA	565	362510	f5sf	tx011	1963	1:20000
Zita clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZcB	202	362511	f5vc	tx011	1963	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	9477	362613	f5th	tx017	1960	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	8452	362615	f5tk	tx017	1960	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	1739	362614	f5tj	tx017	1960	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam	Lu	1292	362591	2tw2h	tx017	1960	1:20000
Zita clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZcA	834	377973	f5sf	tx065	2000	1:24000
Zita clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZcA	6794	2428291	f5sf	tx069	1969	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	6237	363958	f5th	tx079	1962	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	706	363959	f5tj	tx079	1962	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	5507	364752	f5tk	tx107	1964	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	2862	364751	f5th	tx107	1964	1:20000
Zita loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZmB	2455	364753	2tw2j	tx107	1964	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	27	393649	f5tk	tx115	2004	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	4724	366055	f5th	tx165	1964	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZtA	372	378366	f5tk	tx169	1965	1:24000
Olton and Zita clay loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	OzA	5824	391941	f4v8	tx179	1965	1:20000
Olton and Zita clay loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes	OzB	4180	391942	f4v9	tx179	1965	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	2468	366920	f5tk	tx189	1969	1:20000
Zita loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZmB	1303	366921	2tw2j	tx189	1969	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	2547	379001	f5tk	tx219	1999	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	2032	391864	f5th	tx227	1965	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	9699	394308	f5th	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	6910	394310	f5tk	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam	Lu	4374	394275	2tw2h	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	4323	394309	f5tj	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZmB	1143	394311	2tw2j	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita loamy fine sand, overblown	Zo	992	394312	f79r	tx279	1960	1:20000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	3964	369868	f5tk	tx303	1975	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	676	369867	f5th	tx303	1975	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	6254	379069	f5th	tx305	1999	1:24000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	5045	379071	f5tk	tx305	1999	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	849	379070	f5tj	tx305	1999	1:24000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZtA	5098	370365	f5tk	tx317	1968	1:24000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	1106	2599142	f5tk	tx369	1973	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZfB	30	2599141	f5tj	tx369	1973	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	28	2599140	f5th	tx369	1973	1:24000
Zita clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZcA	1717	371414	f5sf	tx381	1999	1:24000
Zita clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ZcB	271	371415	f5vc	tx381	1999	1:24000
Zita clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZcA	756	2428341	f5sf	tx437	1970	1:20000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	1351	372573	f5th	tx445	1999	1:24000
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	787	372574	f5tk	tx445	1999	1:24000
Zita fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZfA	2287	373741	f5th	tx501	1962	1:31680
Zita loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ZmA	1404	373742	f5tk	tx501	1962	1:31680

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ZITA 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).