Soil Data Explorer - DELANCO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DELANCO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DELANCO, 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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 DELANCO 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with DELANCO, 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. MD-2010-09-10-01 | Cecil County -

   Elsinboro-Delanco-Sassafras association (Soil Survey of Cecil County, Maryland).

Map Units

Map units containing DELANCO 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
Elsinboro-Delanco-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	6536	2479858	2p7hf	de003	2009	1:24000
Delanco-Codorus-Hatboro complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, flooded	DcB	2507	2479860	2p7hh	de003	2009	1:24000
Delanco silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	DaB	450	2479859	2p7hg	de003	2009	1:24000
Delanco silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	DbB	249	2403662	2lp6h	md005	2010	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	DbC	58	2403661	2lp6g	md005	2010	1:12000
Delanco-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	DcB	54	2404193	2lprm	md005	2010	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	DeB	368	2495781	2ptjk	md013	2010	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DeA	190	2495780	2ptjj	md013	2010	1:12000
Elsinboro-Delanco-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	ErB	1154	2440704	2mxrd	md015	2009	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DaA	371	2440706	2mxrg	md015	2009	1:12000
Delanco-Codorus-Hatboro complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, flooded	DcB	366	2440708	2mxrj	md015	2009	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	DaB	79	2440707	2mxrh	md015	2009	1:12000
Delanco silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	45A	805	533638	kx94	md031	1989	1:15840
Delanco silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	DcB	3104	533375	kx0n	md600	1972	1:15840
Delanco silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DcA	710	533374	kx0m	md600	1972	1:15840
Talleyville-Delanco complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	TaB	3055	984494	30ch5	pa045	1960	1:20000
Talleyville-Delanco complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	TaD	31	3395568	312ph	pa045	1960	1:20000
Delanco-Elsinboro complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	15B	8309	136709	4l7z	va009	2004	1:24000
Delanco-Elsinboro complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes, rarely flooded	15C	275	136710	4l80	va009	2004	1:24000
Delanco loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	14B	157	136711	4l81	va009	2004	1:24000
Grassland-Delanco complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	19B	9594	2479409	2p70y	va029	2010	1:24000
Halifax-Delanco complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	20B	7168	2479410	2p70z	va029	2010	1:24000
Delanco loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	14B	2894	2479387	2p707	va029	2010	1:24000
Elsinboro-Delanco complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	21B	1861	1726329	1vyd1	va047	2006	1:24000
Delanco-Kinkora complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	15A	213	1726311	1vycg	va047	2006	1:24000
Delanco loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	32B	374	2250324	2fjn3	va059	2007	1:12000
Chantilly-Delanco complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes	20B	39	2250289	2fjlz	va059	2007	1:12000
Delanco loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	93B	317	1895405	21mb3	va061	2006	1:12000
Delanco-Kinkora complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	15B	4106	1914763	228gk	va063	2007	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	13B	2848	1914771	228gt	va063	2007	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	14C	1816	1914772	228gv	va063	2007	1:24000
Colescreek-Delanco complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	10B	4005	581953	mjkp	va067	2004	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes, rarely flooded	19B	2173	516788	kbrl	va077	2006	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	19A	675	1670563	1t2c4	va077	2006	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	20C	477	516789	kbrm	va077	2006	1:24000
Delanco loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded	8A	707	122397	43c9	va089	1995	1:24000
Kinkora-Delanco complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	99A	1088	642155	pk6p	va107	2006	1:12000
Delanco loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	12B	6247	136825	4lcq	va125	1992	1:24000
Delanco loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	12C	930	136826	4lcr	va125	1992	1:24000
Delanco silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AuA	748	119786	2z1vr	va137	1966	1:15840
Delanco silt loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	AuB	446	119787	2z1vs	va137	1966	1:15840
Delanco fine sandy loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	3B	446	120008	2yzrf	va143	1989	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	3A	379	120007	2yzrd	va143	1989	1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	16A	2031	521150	kh99	va153	1985	1:15840
Comus-Delanco fine sandy loams, 0 to 7 percent slopes, frequently flooded	3B	48	3174036	2z3d6	va850		1:24000
Delanco fine sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	4C	9	3174037	2z3d7	va850		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DELANCO 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).