Soil Data Explorer - ELSMERE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELSMERE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELSMERE, 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 ELSMERE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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	80P0189	80NE149003	Elsmere	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.521946,-99.5363922
65	92P0346	91NE031021	Elsmere	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.5086098,-100.9288864
65	40A2086	S1977NE089004	Elsmere	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3272133,-98.8515091

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ELSMERE 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 ELSMERE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ELSMERE 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 ELSMERE 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 ELSMERE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ELSMERE 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ELSMERE 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELSMERE, 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-2012-02-10-24 | Dundy County - February 1963

   Typical area in the Valentine soil association (Soil Survey of Dundy County, Nebraska; February 1963).

2. NE-2012-02-10-29 | Dundy County - February 1963

   The Bridgeport-Havre soil association, on the right, merges with the Sandy alluvial land-Las association (Soil Survey of Dundy County, Nebraska; February 1963).

3. NE-2012-02-13-20 | Hall County - January 1962

   Ovina-Elsmere association in the north-central part of Hall County (Soil Survey of Hall County, Nebraska; January 1962).

4. 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).

5. 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).

6. NE-2012-02-13-33 | Hooker County - January 1964

   Diagram showing typical topography, soils, and parent materials in Hooker County. Symbols below soil names identify range sites, as follows: CS=Choppy Sands; WL=Wet Land; Sb=Subirrigated; Sv=Sandy; So=Sands; and TB=Thin Breaks (Soil Survey of Hooker County, Nebraska; January 1964).

7. NE-2012-02-13-54 | Loup County - October 1990

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ipage-Valentine-Elsmere and Almeria-Calamus-Bolent associations (Soil Survey of Loup County, Nebraska; October 1990).

8. 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).

9. NE-2012-02-13-78 | Rock County - May 1985

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

10. NE-2012-02-14-07 | Thomas County - August 1965

    Diagram showing typical soils and parent materials in Thomas County. Symbols below soil names identify range sites as follows: (Sa) Sands; (CS) Choppy Sands; (Sy) Sandy; (Sb) Subirrigated; (WL) Wet Land; (TB) Thin Breaks; (SwG) Shallow to Gravel (Soil Survey of Thomas County, Nebraska; August 1965).

11. 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).

12. OK-2012-02-16-30 | Ellis County - April 1966

    Major soils of associations 7, 8, and 10 (Soil Survey of Ellis County, Oklahoma; April 1966).

13. OK-2012-02-17-60 | Woodward County - November 1963

    Typical pattern of soils of the Port association (Soil Survey of Woodward County, Oklahoma; November 1963).

14. OK-2012-02-17-61 | Woodward County - November 1963

    Typical pattern of soils of the Lincoln-Las Animas association (Soil Survey of Woodward County, Oklahoma; November 1963).

15. SD-2010-11-01-16 | Spink County - 2009

    Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Hand-Carthage-Forestburg association (Soil Survey of Spink County, South Dakota; 2009).

16. SD-2012-03-14-01 | Bennett County - May 1971

    Typical association of Valentine, Mosher, Minatare, Loup, Keith, Rosebud, Oglala, and Canyon soils in the southern part of Bennett County (Soil Survey of Bennett County, SD; 1971).

17. SD-2012-03-15-95 | Shannon County - April 1971

    Representative pattern of soils in associations 9 and 14 (Soil Survey of Shannon County, SD; 1971).

18. SD-2012-03-15-99 | Todd County - April 1974

    Typical pattern of soils in associations 8 and 10. Areas of association 10 are commonly within areas of association 8 (Soil Survey of Todd County, SD; 1974).

Map Units

Map units containing ELSMERE 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
Elsmere loamy fine sand	El	255	94934	35sd	co115	1969	1:15840
Elsmere fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	3735	835	1454536	2zt62	ks041	1977	1:24000
Elsmere fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4550	4079	426950	gb8l	ne003	1975	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	2234	426951	2v9vt	ne003	1975	1:20000
Elsmere-Ipage loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4560	697	2215946	2vzsd	ne003	1975	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4352	28	2215941	2vzs3	ne003	1975	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	1096	2219084	2v9vw	ne005	1973	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	589	1698935	2v9vt	ne005	1973	1:24000
Elsmere fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4550	1875	427033	gbc8	ne011	1966	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	1732	427032	2v9vt	ne011	1966	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4351	2716	99987	2vzs2	ne017	1987	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	223	2219172	2v9vy	ne017	1987	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	19475	100376	2v9vy	ne031	1995	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	7614	100374	2v9vt	ne031	1995	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	7581	100375	2v9vw	ne031	1995	1:24000
Selia loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4559	1137	1699676	1v1n8	ne047	1975	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4558	1034	1699675	1v1n7	ne047	1975	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	10	2479640	2v9vw	ne069	1995	1:20000
Elsmere-Selia loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4562	1860	1699777	2vzsf	ne071	1984	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4351	974	1699776	2vzs2	ne071	1984	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	14527	1698841	2v9vt	ne075	1973	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	263	2219281	2v9vw	ne075	1973	1:24000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	5	2668672	2v9vy	ne075	1973	1:24000
Elsmere-Ipage loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4560	56096	100098	2vzsd	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	44347	100095	2v9vt	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4352	29662	100097	2vzs3	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere-Selia loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4562	14246	100099	2vzsf	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, clayey substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4557	1871	100096	3c4x	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4351	103	2219630	2vzs2	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	406	2668692	2v9vy	ne091	1961	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	301	2668691	2v9vw	ne091	1961	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	122	2668682	2v9vt	ne091	1961	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	1823	99700	2y22j	ne093	1968	1:12000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	15	2219597	2v9vw	ne101	1990	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	8408	357690	2v9vt	ne103	1977	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4352	1047	849252	xhq7	ne107	1989	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	180	1144236	2y22j	ne107	1989	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, rarely flooded, wet	4354	49	2570466	2r98h	ne107	1989	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4351	7638	1699163	2vzs2	ne111	1971	1:24000
Elsmere complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	4549	1183	1699164	1v13r	ne111	1971	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4558	4	2219788	2dhw2	ne111	1971	1:24000
Els and Elsmere fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4519	9406	1699353	1v19v	ne113	1969	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	993	1699527	2v9vt	ne115	1986	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4556	419	1700219	2v9vw	ne117	1966	1:31680
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	176	1700218	2v9vt	ne117	1966	1:31680
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	11000	427399	2y22j	ne119	1981	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4352	943	427400	gbr3	ne119	1981	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	665	427450	2y22j	ne125	1958	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	9588	427563	2y22j	ne139	1970	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4352	45	2217137	2df3k	ne139	1970	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	16207	100238	2v9vt	ne149	1982	1:20000
Elsmere-Selia loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4562	2911	100239	2vzsf	ne149	1982	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	1401	100586	2v9vt	ne161	1992	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4553	3445	426827	2y22j	ne167	1980	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	11402	1699836	2v9vy	ne183	1984	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4553	8902	1699834	2v9vt	ne183	1984	1:20000
Elsmere-Ipage loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4560	7526	1699835	2vzsd	ne183	1984	1:20000
Elsmere-Selia loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4562	216	1699837	2vzsf	ne183	1984	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, loamy substratum	Em	2999	354569	cwyq	sd005	1976	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	2671	1390064	2v9vy	sd007	2004	1:20000
Dunday-Elsmere loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Du	2446	352733	cv1h	sd007	2004	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T057A	848	1390062	2v9vw	sd007	2004	1:20000
Elsmere, calcareous-hoffland complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T058A	712	1390063	1hngr	sd007	2004	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T056A	500	1390061	2v9vt	sd007	2004	1:20000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, loamy substratum	Ea	6271	354781	cx5k	sd111	1978	1:20000
Elsmere-Orwet complex	Eb	1474	354782	cx5l	sd111	1978	1:20000
Forestburg-Elsmere loamy sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ff	6077	356613	cz2n	sd115	1997	1:24000
Forestburg-Elsmere-Toko complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Fh	2664	356614	cz2p	sd115	1997	1:24000
Elsmere loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ek	475	356603	cz2b	sd115	1997	1:24000
Loup-Elsmere loamy fine sands	Le	15967	353013	cvbj	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ElA	9578	352988	cv9q	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	997	1391552	2v9vy	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere, calcareous-hoffland complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T058A	320	1391551	1hq0r	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T056A	150	1391549	2v9vt	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T057A	139	1391550	2v9vw	sd121	1967	1:31680
Doger-Elsmere complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DmA	14000	354386	cwrt	sd123	1975	1:20000
Elsmere fine sandy loam	Em	6696	354389	cwrx	sd123	1975	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	711	2582768	2v9vy	sd613	2011	1:24000
Lamo-Elsmere complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Le	479	2582715	cv3x	sd613	2011	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, calcareous, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T057A	170	2582766	2v9vw	sd613	2011	1:24000
Elsmere, calcareous-hoffland complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T058A	162	2582767	1hv2w	sd613	2011	1:24000
Elsmere loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T056A	133	2582765	2v9vt	sd613	2011	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELSMERE 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).