Soil Data Explorer - ELS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELS, 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 ELS 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
65	87P0167	1986NE009053	Els	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.0508224,-99.8595928
65	88P0032	87NE031102	Els	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4527779,-100.9349976
65	92P0350	91NE031025	Els	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.6236115,-100.7050018
65	40A2083	S1977NE089002	Els	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.416378,-98.8437271
65	40A2084	S1977NE149001	Els	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3447113,-99.35569

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ELS 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 ELS 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 ELS 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 mountains figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELS, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. NE-2012-02-08-06 | Blaine County - September 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine-Els-Ipage association (Soil Survey of Blaine County, Nebraska; September 1993).

2. NE-2012-02-08-09 | Brown County - April 1992

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine association (Soil Survey of Brown County, Nebraska; April 1992).

3. NE-2012-02-10-19 | Custer County - July 1982

   Typical pattern of soils in the Valentine association, rolling and hilly, and relationship of soils to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Custer County, Nebraska; July 1982).

4. NE-2012-02-13-08 | Garfield County - February 1988

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Els-Valentine-Tryon association (Soil Survey of Garfield County, Nebraska; February 1988).

5. NE-2012-02-13-27 | Holt County - March 1983

   Typical pattern of soils in the Els-Valentine-Ipage association and their relationship to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Holt County, Nebraska; March 1983).

6. NE-2012-02-13-28 | Holt County - March 1983

   Typical pattern of soils in the Valentine-Els association and their relationship to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Holt County, Nebraska; March 1983).

7. NE-2012-02-13-29 | Holt County - March 1983

   Typical pattern of soils in the Elsmere-Ipage-Loup association and their relationship to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Holt County, Nebraska; March 1983).

8. NE-2012-02-13-37 | Kearney County - September 1984

   Typical pattern of soils in the Valentine association (Soil Survey of Kearney County, Nebraska; September 1984).

9. NE-2012-02-13-52 | Loup County - October 1990

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine-Tryon-Ipage association (Soil Survey of Loup County, Nebraska; October 1990).

10. NE-2012-02-13-55 | Morrill County - August 1985

    Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Valentine association (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

11. NE-2012-02-13-60 | Morrill County - August 1985

    A generalized cross section of Morrill County that shows the relationship of parent material, soil associations, and elevation (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

12. NE-2012-02-13-71 | Platte County - September 1988

    Typical landscape pattern of the soils and the underlying material in the Valentine-Thurman association (Soil Survey of Platte County, Nebraska; September 1988).

13. NE-2012-02-13-77 | Rock County - May 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Els-Valentine-Tryon association (Soil Survey of Rock County, Nebraska; May 1985).

14. NE-2012-02-13-79 | Rock County - May 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine association (Soil Survey of Rock County, Nebraska; May 1985).

15. NE-2012-02-13-95 | Sheridan County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Valent association (Soil Survey of Sheridan County, Nebraska; 2002).

16. NE-2012-02-14-15 | Wheeler County - September 1988

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine association (Soil Survey of Wheeler County, Nebraska; September 1988).

17. NE-2012-02-14-17 | Wheeler County - September 1988

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Els-Valentine-Ipage association (Soil Survey of Wheeler County, Nebraska; September 1988).

18. NE-2012-02-14-18 | Wheeler County - September 1988

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Valentine-Els association (Soil Survey of Wheeler County, Nebraska; September 1988).

Map Units

Map units containing ELS 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
Els loamy sand	26	997	94506	35bl	co075	1974	1:24000
Els loamy sand, rarely flooded	3730	1117	1382122	2zt61	ks143	1978	1:24000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	3958	2228242	2s81l	ne005	1973	1:24000
Ipage-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4518	636	2668708	2v9w0	ne005	1973	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4536	294	2219083	2s810	ne005	1973	1:24000
Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4542	16226	1699481	2s81h	ne009	1988	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	9155	2876578	2s81m	ne009	1988	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	4496	2219153	2wgdq	ne009	1988	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	2430	1699480	1v1fy	ne009	1988	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	653	2219151	2s81j	ne009	1988	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	61	2876577	2s81l	ne009	1988	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	3	2217476	2s81f	ne013	1980	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	42430	2876580	2s81m	ne017	1987	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	19804	99986	2s81j	ne017	1987	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	8516	2219173	2wgdq	ne017	1987	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	6907	2876579	2s81l	ne017	1987	1:20000
Loup-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4675	6647	100010	2zbfd	ne017	1987	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	4043	99985	1v1fy	ne017	1987	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	38	2219171	2s81f	ne017	1987	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	48088	100454	2s81l	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	47503	100371	2wgdq	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	29022	100370	2s81j	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4536	13713	100372	2s810	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	7519	100369	2s81f	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Selia fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4540	3124	100373	3cfv	ne031	1995	1:24000
Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4542	3594	2228179	2s81h	ne041	1980	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	1657	1699585	2s81f	ne041	1980	1:20000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4524	31	2217556	2dfk2	ne045	1973	1:20000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4524	4687	1698739	2s81k	ne069	1995	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	17838	2876574	2s81m	ne071	1984	1:20000
Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4542	13252	1699775	2s81h	ne071	1984	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	4488	1699774	1v1fy	ne071	1984	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	2067	2219263	2s81j	ne071	1984	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	4990	1698839	2s81f	ne075	1973	1:24000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	166	2668667	2s81l	ne075	1973	1:24000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4524	89	2219294	2s81k	ne075	1973	1:24000
Ipage-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4518	74	2668709	2v9w0	ne075	1973	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4536	29	2219279	2s810	ne075	1973	1:24000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	18	2219280	2s81j	ne075	1973	1:24000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	1099	1700118	1v23j	ne079	2003	1:12000
Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4542	134426	100094	2s81h	ne089	1981	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	105877	2876572	2s81m	ne089	1981	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	34829	100093	1v1fy	ne089	1981	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	3179	2219616	2s81j	ne089	1981	1:20000
Els-Ipage-Tryon loamy sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	4548	611	2219624	2dhps	ne089	1981	1:20000
Valentine-Els fine sands, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	16	2219622	2dhpq	ne089	1981	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	7	2219627	2wgdq	ne089	1981	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	2106	2668702	2s81l	ne091	1961	1:24000
Ipage-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4518	673	2668683	2v9w0	ne091	1961	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4536	438	2668681	2s810	ne091	1961	1:24000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	291	2228901	2dtc1	ne093	1968	1:12000
Els loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4527	57	2228921	2dtcp	ne093	1968	1:12000
Valentine-Els loamy fine sands, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4863	7213	1691878	1tsjq	ne099	1982	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	10364	357689	2s81f	ne103	1977	1:20000
Els and Elsmere fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4519	9406	1699353	1v19v	ne113	1969	1:24000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	846	2219794	2s81f	ne113	1969	1:24000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	129	2605704	2s81l	ne113	1969	1:24000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	6638	1699526	2s81j	ne115	1986	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	6221	2876573	2s81m	ne115	1986	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	2137	1699553	2wgdq	ne115	1986	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	793	1699525	1v1fy	ne115	1986	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	15258	1700234	2s81l	ne117	1966	1:31680
Ipage-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4518	3398	2668710	2v9w0	ne117	1966	1:31680
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4520	2386	1700216	2s810	ne117	1966	1:31680
Ipage-Els loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4654	2698	1709651	1vd11	ne121	1978	1:20000
Els loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4527	2092	1709633	1vd0g	ne121	1978	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4521	12974	1692607	2s81f	ne123	1981	1:20000
Els loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4527	1925	1692608	1tt98	ne123	1981	1:20000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4524	269	2220356	2s81k	ne123	1981	1:20000
Els loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4527	229	2228978	2dtfj	ne125	1958	1:20000
Ipage-Els loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4654	6	2228979	2dtfk	ne125	1958	1:20000
Valentine-Els loamy fine sands, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4863	8	2219466	2dhjp	ne137	1967	1:20000
Ipage-Els loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4654	1368	427646	gc01	ne141	1984	1:20000
Els loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4527	853	427629	gbzh	ne141	1984	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	81931	100268	2s81m	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4542	62343	100236	2s81h	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4563	41674	100260	2wgdq	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	11122	100235	1v1fy	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els-Ipage-Tryon loamy sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	4548	7072	100237	3c9g	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	2554	2219832	2s81j	ne149	1982	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	453	2876664	2s81l	ne149	1982	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Ipage complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4539	11194	100584	3cnn	ne161	1992	1:20000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4524	4198	100582	2s81k	ne161	1992	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4536	4176	100583	2s810	ne161	1992	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4541	768	100585	3cnp	ne161	1992	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	19	2219849	2s81j	ne161	1992	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Selia fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4540	15	2219848	2dhy0	ne161	1992	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4861	346	2605691	2s81l	ne171	1963	1:24000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4545	25987	1699833	2s81j	ne183	1984	1:20000
Valentine-Els complex, moist, 0 to 9 percent slopes	4858	23182	1699868	2s81m	ne183	1984	1:20000
Els loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4533	7576	1699832	1v1fy	ne183	1984	1:20000
Abiquiu, occasionaly flooded-Els families complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	11	323	2934237	2wghp	nm678		1:24000
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	T158C	4928	1390127	2s81l	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T055A	1420	1390060	2wgdq	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T054A	1294	1390059	2s81j	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T052A	1102	1390057	2s810	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T050A	217	1390055	2s81f	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T051A	194	1390056	2s81k	sd007	2004	1:20000
Els, calcareous-Selia fine sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T053A	27	1390058	1hngl	sd007	2004	1:20000
Ipage-Els loamy fine sands	Ia	1479	354800	cx65	sd111	1978	1:20000
Ipage-Els-Shue complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	Ie	1841	356589	cz1w	sd115	1997	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T052A	1273	1391545	2s810	sd121	1967	1:31680
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	T158C	1073	1391997	2s81l	sd121	1967	1:31680
Els, calcareous-Selia complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Sa	863	353033	cvc5	sd121	1967	1:31680
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T055A	723	1391548	2wgdq	sd121	1967	1:31680
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T054A	718	1391547	2s81j	sd121	1967	1:31680
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T051A	161	1391544	2s81k	sd121	1967	1:31680
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T050A	20	1391543	2s81f	sd121	1967	1:31680
Valentine-Els complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	T158C	1330	2582794	2s81l	sd613	2011	1:24000
Els, calcareous-Hoffland complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T052A	578	2582762	2s810	sd613	2011	1:24000
Els-Tryon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T055A	303	2582764	2wgdq	sd613	2011	1:24000
Els-Ipage fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T054A	140	2582763	2s81j	sd613	2011	1:24000
Els fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T050A	39	2582760	2s81f	sd613	2011	1:24000
Els fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T051A	28	2582761	2s81k	sd613	2011	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELS 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).