Soil Data Explorer - ELBA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELBA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELBA, 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 ELBA 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	JF-021	1984-OH081-021	Elba	3	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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA 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 ELBA, 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 ELBA 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
Elba-Brookside-Berks complex, 40 to 70 percent slopes	EbF	4480	537355	l151	oh009	1981	1:15840
Upshur-Elba silty clay loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes	UsD	3140	537393	l168	oh009	1981	1:15840
Upshur-Elba silty clay loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	UsC	390	537392	l167	oh009	1981	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	EbD	2094	537082	2x9zg	oh013	1978	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	EbE	1415	537083	2x9zj	oh013	1978	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EbC	1284	537081	2x9zd	oh013	1978	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EbB	360	537080	2x9zc	oh013	1978	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	EbC2	992	537978	2x9zf	oh019	1981	1:15840
Elba-Upshur silty clay loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EcD2	664	537979	l1t5	oh019	1981	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	EbB	500	537977	2x9zc	oh019	1981	1:15840
Elba-Berks complex, 40 to 70 percent slopes	EkF	1208	536895	l0p6	oh059	1998	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	EbD	638	536893	2x9zg	oh059	1998	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	EbE	527	536894	2x9zj	oh059	1998	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EbC	427	536892	2x9zd	oh059	1998	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	EaC2	8	1695503	2x9zf	oh067	1993	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EbD2	3555	536071	2x9zh	oh081	1987	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	EbC2	1517	536070	2x9zf	oh081	1987	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, eroded	EbE2	109	1469247	2x9zk	oh111	1968	1:15840
Westmore-Lowell-Elba complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, benched	WlG	102	1469233	1l9vm	oh111	1968	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EbD2	37	1469246	2x9zh	oh111	1968	1:15840
Elba-Guernsey silty clay loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EdD2	3	1469248	1l9w3	oh111	1968	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, eroded	EbE2	12637	537432	2x9zk	oh115	1992	1:15840
Elba-Guernsey silty clay loams, 25 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	EdE2	7000	536995	l0sf	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba-Guernsey silty clay loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EdD2	2900	536994	l0sd	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, eroded	EbE2	2400	536992	2x9zk	oh121	1986	1:15840
Lowell-Elba silty clay loams, 25 to 40 percent slopes, eroded	LtE2	2249	537013	l0t0	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 40 to 70 percent slopes, eroded	EbF2	1150	536993	l0sc	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	EbD2	900	536991	2x9zh	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	EbE	896	1481803	2x9zj	oh121	1986	1:15840
Lowell-Elba silty clay loams, 40 to 70 percent slopes, eroded	LtF2	700	537014	l0t1	oh121	1986	1:15840
Elba silty clay loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	EbD	136	1481802	2x9zg	oh121	1986	1:15840
Westmore-Lowell-Elba complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes, benched	WlG	2650	536575	l0bw	oh167	1973	1:15840
Westmore-Lowell-Elba complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	WkG	2402	536573	l0bt	oh167	1973	1:15840
Upshur-Elba silty clay loams, 25 to 35 percent slopes	UpE3E1	575	536478	2zfvv	oh167	1973	1:15840
Westmore-Lowell-Elba complex, 25 to 35 percent slopes, benched	WlF	461	536574	l0bv	oh167	1973	1:15840
Peabody-Elba silty clay loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes	PbE3F1	316	536479	2zfvw	oh167	1973	1:15840
Westmore-Lowell-Elba complex, 25 to 35 percent slopes	WkF	159	536572	l0bs	oh167	1973	1:15840
Upshur-Elba silty clay loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes	UpE3D1	121	536477	2zfvt	oh167	1973	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELBA 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).