Soil Data Explorer - ELIJAH

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELIJAH soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELIJAH, 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 ELIJAH 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
11	69C0127	S1969ID075004	ELIJAH	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8788872,-116.7655563

Water Balance

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

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ELIJAH 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 ELIJAH 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 ELIJAH 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).

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

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELIJAH, 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 ELIJAH 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
Elijah silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	48	7176	2519018	2qb2	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	54	6456	2519024	2qb9	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, bedrock substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	51	6239	2519021	2qb6	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	49	3571	2519019	2qb3	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, bedrock substratum, 2 to 4 percent slopes	52	1569	2519022	2qb7	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	50	1210	2519020	2qb5	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, bedrock substratum, 4 to 8 percent slopes	53	547	2519023	2qb8	id001	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes	66	425	81262	2qkc	id656	1992	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	65	309	81261	2qkb	id656	1992	1:24000
Elijah-Chilcott silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	EcC	11222	81313	2qm0	id659	1971	1:20000
Power-Elijah silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	PeC	9902	81379	2qp4	id659	1971	1:20000
Power-Elijah silt loams, 7 to 12 percent slopes	PeD	4680	81380	2qp5	id659	1971	1:20000
Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 7 to 12 percent slopes	ElD	3366	81315	2qm2	id659	1971	1:20000
Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes	EeB	2308	81314	2qm1	id659	1971	1:20000
Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 7 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	ElD2	1581	81316	2qm3	id659	1971	1:20000
Power-Elijah silt loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PeB	478	81378	2qp3	id659	1971	1:20000
Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	EvC	11389	80751	2q0w	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah-Chilcott silt loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes	EsB	9500	80750	2q0v	id665	1967	1:20000
Lankbush-Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 7 to 12 percent slopes	LkD	4213	80788	2q22	id665	1967	1:20000
Lankbush-Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	LkC	3934	80787	2q21	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah-Vickery silt loams, 7 to 12 percent slopes	EvD	3011	80752	2q0x	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	EhA	2378	80744	2q0n	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	EhB	2146	80745	2q0p	id665	1967	1:20000
Lankbush-Elijah silt loams, 12 to 30 percent slopes	LeE	1162	80785	2q1z	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah-Chilcott silt loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	EsA	980	80749	2q0t	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah silt loam, shallow, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ElB	801	80747	2q0r	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah silt loam, shallow, 0 to 1 percent slopes	ElA	559	80746	2q0q	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah silt loam, shallow, 3 to 7 percent slopes	ElC	407	80748	2q0s	id665	1967	1:20000
Elijah-Bruncan complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	46	3175	82030	2rc4	id681	1993	1:24000
Elijah-Purdam complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes	49	2500	82033	2rc7	id681	1993	1:24000
Elijah-McPan complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	48	2300	82032	2rc6	id681	1993	1:24000
Gooding-Elijah complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes	71	2250	82124	2rg5	id681	1993	1:24000
Elijah-Gooding complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	47	2075	82031	2rc5	id681	1993	1:24000
Chilcott-Elijah silt loams, 0 to 12 percent slopes	27	44108	2519548	2qzw	id685	2012	1:24000
Elijah-Purdam silt loams, 0 to 8 percent slopes	56	38257	2519580	2r0x	id685	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	54	9888	2519578	2r0v	id685	2012	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes	55	1836	2519579	2r0w	id685	2012	1:24000
Elijah-Pigtail complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	41	13734	80246	2phl	id704	1992	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	40	1998	80245	2phk	id704	1992	1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 1 to 15 percent slopes	2933	39904	2425624	2mf1y	or645		1:24000
Elijah-Frohman-Owsel complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	2944	21770	2425886	2mfbd	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, cool, 1 to 8 percent slopes	7000	14606	2482085	2p9t8	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	2920	7610	2482049	2p9s3	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	2921	5776	2482048	2p9s2	or645		1:24000
Elijah-Saddlebutte complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	7026	2778	2722261	2sf2z	or645		1:24000
Saddlebutte-Elijah-Locey complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	7007	1830	2482178	2p9x8	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	2919	1480	2504658	2q3yg	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes	2923	1240	2233107	2dyqq	or645		1:24000
Elijah silt loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes	2922	853	2504659	2q3yh	or645		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELIJAH 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).