Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELLIOTT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELLIOTT, 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 ELLIOTT 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
108A77IL0190301977IL019030Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2820182,-88.3370367
11048IL1970041948IL197004Elliott4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.4156638888889,-87.5671
11076IL0190091976IL019009Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3960893,-88.0687251
11077IL0750011977IL075001Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.9799332,-87.9832753
11080IL0530061980IL053006Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.4240306,-88.1935626
110BE80391980IN007039Elliott3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6154861,-87.5088417
11085IL1050341985IL105034Elliott2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.9697944,-88.3046139
11086IL1050041986IL105004Elliott2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8419694,-88.8370917
11087IL1050251987IL105025Elliott2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.9487389,-88.4038972
11089IL1050031989IL105003Elliott2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7619139,-88.5174139
11089IL1050041989IL105004Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7928667,-88.4495167
11048IL197001S1948IL197001Elliott4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.3769833,-88.153075
111CWH76311976IN181031Elliott3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6555778,-87.0228417
111CBE80151980IN007015Elliott3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6936194,-87.2865833
n/aMC-0061956-OH107-006Elliott3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/aMC-0101960-OH107-010Elliott2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/aMC-0131970-OH107-013Elliott4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a78IL0190041978IL019004Elliott1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

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

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELLIOTT, 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-2011-08-04-11 | Ford County - 1990

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Elliott-Ashkum association (Soil Survey of Ford County, Illinois; 1990).

  2. IL-2011-08-04-38 | Kankakee County - 1991

    Typical pattern of soils in Elliott-Varna-Ashkum association (Soil Survey of Kankakee County, Illinois; 1991).

  3. IL-2011-08-04-53 | Livingston County - 1996

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Elliott-Ashkum association (Soil Survey of Livingston County, Illinois; 1996).

  4. IN-2012-01-19-36 | Lake County - July 1972

    Morley-Blount-Pewamo and Elliott-Markham-Pewamo soil assocations (Soil Survey of Lake County, Indiana; 1972).

Map Units

Map units containing ELLIOTT 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
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A1461997846pwnil00720061:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B2284762430142sss2il01919991:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 4 to 6 percent slopes, eroded146C214852429762smztil01919991:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A7612429602sss0il01919991:12000
Anthroportic Udorthents-Urban land-Elliott complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes2822A2157725181612yrr6il03120081:12000
Anthroportic Udorthents-Urban land-Elliott complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes2822B905625181622yrr7il03120081:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A648221087122sss0il03120081:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B163321087112sss1il03120081:12000
Anthroportic Udorthents-Elliott complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes822A100325181572yrr8il03120081:12000
Anthroportic Udorthents-Elliott complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes822B17125181582yrr9il03120081:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A92401833522sss0il04319981:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B5971833532sss1il04319981:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A284371982962sss0il05320011:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B2147351982972sss2il05320011:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A178918687052sss0il06320051:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B193011439722sss1il06320051:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A63851755442sss0il07519801:15840
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B24621755452sss1il07519801:15840
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B216751755462sss2il07519801:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A23862713022sss0il08920001:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B12442713012sss1il08920001:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A158492631652sss0il09120031:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B96662631662sss1il09120031:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B27259776522sss2il09120031:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B1217156232sss1il09320071:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B63986342442sss1il09720031:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A23526308602sss0il09720031:12000
Mundelein and Elliott silt loams, 2 to 4 percent slopes989B1774809251w52wil09720031:12000
Mundelein and Elliott silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes989A1607809248w52sil09720031:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B75112633722sss1il09920061:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B289410299322sss2il09920061:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A5842633712sss0il09920061:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A168611769212sss0il10519911:15840
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B2148371769232sss2il10519911:15840
Elliott silty clay loam, 4 to 6 percent slopes, eroded146C29741769242smztil10519911:15840
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B4681769222sss1il10519911:15840
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B30711824042sss1il11119971:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A18171824032sss0il11119971:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A701853272sss0il11320001:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A4826716010242sss0il18320061:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B22371316011242sss2il18320061:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 4 to 6 percent slopes, eroded146C2109816743102smztil18320061:12000
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes146B720252622912sss1il19720021:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A116502622902sss0il19720021:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, eroded146B258932622922sss2il19720021:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes146A6021739615v0nil20119971:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes, erodedElB220161645622sss2in00719851:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesElA14031645612sss0in00719851:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesEl231222724582sss0in08919671:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesElA92961606452sss0in12719781:15840
Williamsport-Elliott silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesWrA139961631855gt1in17119871:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesElA44811618472sss0in18119791:20000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEtA23981685605ndfoh03319751:15840
Elliott silt loam, bedrock substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesEcA11951721335s3poh04319981:12000
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesEmA869644385pmjmoh06319971:12000
Elliott silty clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEtA17021711885r46oh10119841:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEsA914004641j098oh10119841:15840
Elliott silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopesEoB28561699315ptnoh10719751:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopesEoB4361680815mwzoh16119671:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEtA23801696085ph7oh17519801:15840
Elliott silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesEsB4070425434g8ppwi03919671:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesEsA1959425433g8pnwi03919671:15840
Elliott silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesEtB26743424027g779wi60119671:15840
Elliott silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesEtA40174240262sss0wi60119671:15840
Elliott silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesEsA1754425827g93cwi60219671:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELLIOTT 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 .