Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELBURN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELBURN, 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 ELBURN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
108A65IL0390021965IL039002Elburn4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2616405,-88.6534554
108A81IL1150331981IL115033Elburn1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9816075,-88.9269002
108A81IL1470071981IL147007Elburn1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.0228989,-88.4845441
108B86P0203S1985IL173004Elburn6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.5972611,-88.9873
111DCT76041976IN023004Elburn2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.221175,-86.5489667
95B40A1542S1954WI027021Elburn3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.4174995,-88.7549973
95B03N0775S2003IL111006Elburn6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.4227791,-88.3075027

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ELBURN 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the ELBURN series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the ELBURN series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the ELBURN 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 .

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with ELBURN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the ELBURN series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the ELBURN 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 .

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELBURN, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. IL-2010-08-31-17 | Edgar County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Drummer-Milford association (Soil Survey of Edgar County, Illinois; 2002).

  2. IL-2010-09-01-02 | Edgar County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Drummer-Elburn association (Soil Survey of Edgar County, Illinois; 2002).

  3. IL-2010-09-01-48 | Mason County - 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Elburn-Plano-Thorp association (Soil Survey of Mason County, Illinois; 1995).

  4. IL-2010-09-24-01 | Christian County -

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Elburn-Drummer-Camden association (Soil Survey of Christian County, Illinois).

  5. IL-2011-08-03-01 | Bureau County - 1992

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Saybrook-Parr-La Rose association (Soil Survey of Bureau County, Illinois; 1992).

  6. IL-2011-08-03-10 | Christian County - 1994

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Elburn-Drummer-Camden association (Soil Survey of Christian County, Illinois; 1994).

  7. IL-2011-08-04-06 | De Witt County - 1991

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Catlin-Dana association (Soil Survey of De Witt County, Illinois; 1991).

  8. IL-2011-08-04-23 | Henry County - 1984

    Pattern of soils in the Plano-Elburn association (Soil Survey of Henry County, Illinois; 1984).

  9. IL-2011-08-04-56 | Macon County - 1990

    Typical landscape pattern of soils and parent materials in the Catlin-Dana-Parr association (Soil Survey of Macon County, Illinois; 1990).

  10. IL-2011-08-04-64 | Mason County - 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Elburn-Plano-Thorp association (Soil Survey of Mason County, Illinois; 1995).

Map Units

Map units containing ELBURN 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
Elburn silt loam, cool, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A386113953542wsqvil00720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A965718627102smzril01120071:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A176492429972smzril01919991:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A24142617702smzril02119991:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A93841839092smzril03719981:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A210915312472smzril03920051:12000
Elburn silt loam, sandy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes726A52315955521qk9fil03920051:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A47115977471qml7il03920051:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A117242001932smzril04120041:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A78858435542smzril04519971:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A2946156432smzril05719971:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A146082446622smzril07320011:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A56671988132smzril08920001:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A614817125352smzril09320071:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A147312634042smzril09920061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A126419268362smzril10320041:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A497015957502smzril10720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A223816006251qql2il10720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, sandy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes726A152116006291qql6il10720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, cool, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A54381824702wsqvil11119971:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A55361990862smzril11320001:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A1417419139412smzril11520071:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A1241913989227nlil11520071:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A5271821012smzril12319971:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A48131777672smzril12519891:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A11025185932qhcmil12519891:15840
Elburn silt loam, sandy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes726A2725179732qhc0il12519891:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A205814045502smzril12920051:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A1376913989082smzril14120051:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A17142089662smzril14319861:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A874619108992smzril14720091:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A901993742smzril16719991:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A68541790022smzril17319901:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A74841790682smzril17519921:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A4525423862r1zbil17519921:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A20331791602smzril17720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes198B46615919841qflbil17720061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A26631793642smzril17919911:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded7198A19225097872qgxjil17919911:15840
Elburn silt loam, sandy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes726A1225079092q7yfil17919911:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A467616127682smzril18320061:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A88527930422smzril19520031:12000
Elburn-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes2198A697793108vm94il19520031:12000
Elburn silt loam, cool, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A24671739802wsqvil20119971:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes198A6688691802smzril20320081:12000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEfB59707534982wsqswi02519721:15840
Elburn silt loam, gravelly substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopesEgA51947534992wsqtwi02519721:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEbA363304235662wsqswi02719761:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEbA30144254322wsqswi03919671:15840
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesElA93564262982wsqswi10519701:20000
Elburn silt loam, overwash, 0 to 3 percent slopesEoA3170426300g9lmwi10519701:20000
Elburn silt loam, gravelly substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopesEmA10904262992wsqtwi10519701:20000
Elburn silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEbA36614256122wsqswi12719671:15840
Elburn silt loam, gravelly substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopesEgA17464256132wsqtwi12719671:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELBURN 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 .