Soil Data Explorer - ELY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ELY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ELY, 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 ELY 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
105	X61428-2	S1978IA061010	Ely	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4910723,-90.8830727
105	X61428-1	S1978IA061011	Ely	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3214728,-90.8419644
105	X2-248B-1	S1980IA055001	Ely	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.6396005,-91.217817
105	X49-428B-1	S1988IA097017	Ely	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3009849,-90.4592377
108D	03N0035	S2002IA003001	Ely	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0826569,-94.6830444

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ELY, 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. IA-2010-09-09-03 | Adams County - 2008

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Sharpsburg-Shelby association (Soil Survey of Adams County, Iowa; 2008).

2. IA-2010-09-09-09 | Cedar County - 2009

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Tama-Downs-Muscatine association (Soil Survey of Cedar County, Iowa; 2009).

3. IA-2010-09-09-11 | Cedar County - 2009

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Dinsdale-Klinger-Maxfield association (Soil Survey of Cedar County, Iowa; 2009).

4. IA-2010-09-09-18 | Iowa County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Colo-Nevin-Nodaway association (Soil Survey of Iowa County, Iowa; 2007).

5. IA-2010-09-09-19 | Iowa County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Fayette-Downs association (Soil Survey of Iowa County, Iowa; 2007).

6. IA-2010-09-09-20 | Iowa County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Otley-Mahaska-Shelby association (Soil Survey of Iowa County, Iowa; 2007).

7. IA-2011-05-31-14 | Delaware County - 1986

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Downs-Fayette association (Soil Survey of Delaware County, Iowa; 1986).

8. IA-2011-05-31-47 | Hardin County - 1985

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Dinsdale-Muscatine-Garwin association (Soil Survey of Hardin County, Iowa; 1985).

9. IA-2011-05-31-48 | Hardin County - 1985

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Tama-Colo association (Soil Survey of Hardin County, Iowa; 1985).

10. IA-2011-06-01-02 | Jones County - 1991

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Dinsdale-Waubeek-Downs association (Soil Survey of Jones County, Iowa; 1991).

11. IA-2011-06-01-38 | Ringgold County - 1992

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Nira-Sharpsburg-Shelby association (Soil Survey of Ringgold County, Iowa; 1992).

12. IA-2011-06-01-43 | Tama County - 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Muscatine-Tama-Garwin association (Soil Survey of Tama County, Iowa; 1995).

13. IA-2011-06-01-44 | Tama County - 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Dinsdale-Tama association (Soil Survey of Tama County, Iowa; 1995).

Map Units

Map units containing ELY 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
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	48103	402143	2wnyp	ia001	1976	1:15840
Zook-Colo-Ely silty clay loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	287B	13086	402170	2zspb	ia001	1976	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2008	402182	2wnyq	ia001	1976	1:15840
Zook-Ely-Gullied land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	545B	32606	1711854	2zdlp	ia003	2008	1:12000
Zook-Ely complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	45B	4853	1544684	1nvcj	ia003	2008	1:12000
Olmitz-Ely-Zook complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	15B	4441	1913996	2wxsc	ia003	2008	1:12000
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	62603	402817	2t3dx	ia011	1977	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	5901	402899	2t3fh	ia011	1977	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	911B	5930	579784	2t3dx	ia013	2001	1:12000
Colo-Ely-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	4911B	481	579767	2t3dy	ia013	2001	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, shallow loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	562	403302	2wnyn	ia021	1973	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	2432	403343	2t3dx	ia023	1978	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	594	403412	2t3fh	ia023	1978	1:15840
Colo, overwash-Ely complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	113B	21043	2423011	2zspc	ia029	2010	1:12000
Zook-Ely-Gullied land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	545B	4198	1868062	2zdlp	ia029	2010	1:12000
Ely-Colo, overwash-Mt. Sterling complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	2428	3128	2423017	2zsph	ia029	2010	1:12000
Olmitz-Ely-Zook complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	15B	8	2423009	2wxsc	ia029	2010	1:12000
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	911B	30705	1397059	2t3dx	ia031	2008	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2002	1397120	2t3fh	ia031	2008	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, shallow loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	578	403933	2wnyn	ia035	1987	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	13228	404337	2t3dx	ia045	1978	1:15840
Ely silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2358	404429	fkv3	ia045	1978	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	2872	404561	2wnyp	ia049	1980	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	7819	404976	2t3dx	ia055	1984	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	929	405050	2t3fh	ia055	1984	1:15840
Ely silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	422	405432	flwg	ia061	1983	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	3521	404861	2t3dx	ia069	1977	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1555	404916	2t3fh	ia069	1977	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	37891	2474646	2t3dx	ia075	1973	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1024	406309	2t3fh	ia075	1973	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1002	406395	2wnyq	ia077	1968	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	9126	406607	2t3dx	ia083	1982	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	908	406668	2t3fh	ia083	1982	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, shallow loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1271	407161	2wnyn	ia093	1989	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	911B	34928	628333	2t3dx	ia095	2005	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	5977	452909	2t3fh	ia095	2005	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1278	407507	fp1d	ia097	1988	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	458	407442	fnz9	ia097	1988	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2206	407661	2t3fh	ia099	1975	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	26533	407930	2t3dx	ia103	1979	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2109	408014	2t3fh	ia103	1979	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	16918	408081	2t3dx	ia105	1988	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1401	408160	2t3fh	ia105	1988	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	911B	2790	447245	2t3dx	ia107	1998	1:12000
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	847	447115	2t3fh	ia107	1998	1:12000
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	9873	408533	2t3dx	ia113	1970	1:15840
Colo-Ely-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	4911B	922	2606473	2t3dy	ia113	1970	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	574	408644	2t3fh	ia113	1970	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	4271	408708	2t3dx	ia115	1984	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 t0 5 percent slopes	428B	713	408779	fqcf	ia115	1984	1:15840
Colo, frequently flooded-Ely silty clay loams, gullied, 2 to 5 percent slopes	1134	13938	409188	2zdlm	ia121	1968	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	7155	409187	2wnyp	ia121	1968	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	2681	409190	2wnyq	ia121	1968	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	18272	409272	2t3dx	ia123	1971	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	838	409327	2t3fh	ia123	1971	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	Y11B	6439	3008643	2wnyp	ia125	1976	1:15840
Colo-Ely silty clay loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	3129	412715	2zsp8	ia125	1976	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	Y428B	760	3008634	2wnyq	ia125	1976	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	283	412777	fvjd	ia125	1976	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	23404	409404	2t3dx	ia127	1978	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1775	409479	2t3fh	ia127	1978	1:15840
Colo-Ely-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	4011B	333	409469	2t3dy	ia127	1978	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	1712	409738	2t3dx	ia135	1982	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	245	409788	frdz	ia135	1982	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	133B	6212	409918	2t3dx	ia139	1986	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	27829	410535	2t3dx	ia157	1978	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1449	410589	2t3fh	ia157	1978	1:15840
Zook-Ely silty clay loams, 0 to 5 percent slopes	287B	8617	410687	fsbz	ia159	1987	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	322	410702	2wnyq	ia159	1987	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, shallow loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428	1958	410806	2wnyn	ia161	1975	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, deep loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	877	410760	2wnyr	ia161	1975	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	5817	410863	2t3dx	ia163	1989	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1615	410994	2t3fh	ia163	1989	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, shallow loess, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	6428	411233	2wnyn	ia167	1987	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	31707	411359	2t3dx	ia171	1989	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	3038	411483	2t3fh	ia171	1989	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	264	411623	2wnyq	ia173	1989	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	Y11B	31353	3008642	2wnyp	ia175	1975	1:15840
Colo-Ely silty clay loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	3004	411668	2zsp8	ia175	1975	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	8358	411754	2t3dx	ia179	1978	1:15840
Gullied land-Ely-Colo, occasionally flooded, complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	980B	10062	411983	2zdln	ia181	1975	1:15840
Colo, occasionally flooded-Ely silty clay loams, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	Y11B	5634	3008641	2wnyp	ia181	1975	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, dissected till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	Y428B	3148	3008637	2wnyq	ia181	1975	1:15840
Colo-Ely silty clay loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	11B	1618	411875	2zsp8	ia181	1975	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	255	411937	ftn9	ia181	1975	1:15840
Ely silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	428B	1285	412054	2t3fh	ia183	1983	1:15840
Colo-Ely complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11B	1104	412000	2t3dx	ia183	1983	1:15840
Olmitz-Ely-Zook complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	30242	815	2671847	2wxsc	mo005	1988	1:24000
Olmitz-Ely-Zook complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	30242	2539	2671848	2wxsc	mo147	1983	1:24000
Olmitz-Ely-Zook complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	30242	29	2607695	2wxsc	mo227	1965	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ELY 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).