Soil Data Explorer - ZOAR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ZOAR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ZOAR, 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 ZOAR 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	40A4049	S1962WV033001	Zoar	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	40A4050	S1962WV083003	Zoar	6	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 ZOAR 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 ZOAR series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ZOAR 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the ZOAR 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 2024-10-23).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ZOAR share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ZOAR 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the ZOAR 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 2024-10-23).

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ZOAR, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing ZOAR 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
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ZoA	183	544138	l86v	pa035	2002	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	58B	1988	834404	x088	va005	2003	1:24000
Zoar-Urban land complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	59B	330	834405	x089	va005	2003	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	64B	4169	1451405	1kq9j	va017	2005	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	65B	689	519142	kf6j	va023	1990	1:20000
Monongahela-Zoar complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	27B	402	516533	kbhc	va043	1980	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	44B	1849	521129	kh8m	va069	1983	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	44C	945	521130	kh8n	va069	1983	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	60B	534	2512116	2q9k2	va091	2010	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	55A	921	517325	kc9x	va139	1995	1:20000
Zoar loam	36	194	521291	khfv	va155	1981	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	58B	229	520362	kggw	va161	1990	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 7 percent	42B	2455	518863	kdxj	va187	1980	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	335	513075	k6wt	wv007	1990	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ZoA	4804	553104	lkk2	wv025	2002	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	475	513214	2v528	wv079	1981	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	739	1384156	2v528	wv600	2005	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ZoC	290	1384157	2w1vg	wv600	2005	1:24000
Zoar silty clay loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes, severely eroded	ZsC3	1678	514680	k8kl	wv601	1966	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes	ZoC	699	514679	k8kk	wv601	1966	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	537	514678	2v528	wv601	1966	1:15840
Zoar silty clay loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, severely eroded	ZsD3	114	514681	k8km	wv601	1966	1:15840
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	839	515618	k9jv	wv603	1978	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ZoC	260	515850	2w1vg	wv610	1973	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	222	515849	2v528	wv610	1973	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ZoC	1375	514427	2w1vg	wv611	1977	1:20000
Urban land-Zoar complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	UzC	945	514416	k892	wv611	1977	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	ZoB	660	514426	2v528	wv611	1977	1:20000
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ZoA	11	2455085	2ndq9	wv705	2009	1:24000
Zoar silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ZoA	3	2516616	1vrff	wv713		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ZOAR 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 2024-10-30).