Soil Data Explorer - DELLO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with DELLO 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 DELLO 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 DELLO 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with DELLO, 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 DELLO 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
Dello clay loam, drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes, overwashed	148	1290	462040	hhsj	ca077	1990	1:24000
Dello loamy sand, drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes	145	1180	462037	hhsf	ca077	1990	1:24000
Dello loamy sand, partially drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes	146	1145	462038	hhsg	ca077	1990	1:24000
Dello sandy loam, clayey substratum, drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes	147	400	462039	hhsh	ca077	1990	1:24000
Dello sand, partially drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	144	375	462036	hhsd	ca077	1990	1:24000
Dello fine sandy loam, channeled, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	180	465	466934	hnwd	ca642	1998	1:24000
Dello loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DkA	483	462563	hjbd	ca644	1959	1:24000
Dello sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DkA	1841	463007	hjsq	ca648	1959	1:20000
Dello sand, slightly saline-alkali, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DoA	1695	463010	hjst	ca648	1959	1:20000
Dello sand, poorly drained, slightly saline-alkali, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DnA	396	463009	hjss	ca648	1959	1:20000
Dello loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DhA	351	463006	hjsp	ca648	1959	1:20000
Dello sand, poorly drained, 0 to 1 percent slopes	DmA	125	463008	hjsr	ca648	1959	1:20000
Dello loamy sand	Dm	4001	464273	hl3k	ca654	1966	1:24000
Dello sandy loam	Dn	2494	464274	hl3l	ca654	1966	1:24000
Dello loamy sand, poorly drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DmA	2263	458211	hct0	ca679	1967	1:15840
Dello loamy fine sand, gravelly substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DrA	1746	458215	hct4	ca679	1967	1:15840
Dello loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DoA	792	458213	hct2	ca679	1967	1:15840
Dello loamy fine sand, saline-alkali, 0 to 5 percent sl opes	DpB	614	458214	hct3	ca679	1967	1:15840
Dello loamy sand, gravelly substratum, 0 to 5 percent s lopes	DnB	608	458212	hct1	ca679	1967	1:15840
Dello loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	DgB	598	458210	hcsz	ca679	1967	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DELLO 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).