Soil Data Explorer - EMELINE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the EMELINE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of EMELINE, 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 EMELINE 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
103	92P0563	S1992IA091003	Emeline	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.75,-94.3486099
105	X49-412C-1	S1983IA097024	Emeline	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.057351,-90.3402307

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 EMELINE 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with EMELINE, 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-2010-09-09-23 | Webster County - 2008

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Lester-Coland-Wadena association (Soil Survey of Webster County, Iowa; 2008).

2. IA-2011-05-31-29 | Floyd County - 1995

   A cross section showing the parent material of some of the soils in Floyd County (Soil Survey of Floyd County, Iowa; 1995).

3. IA-2011-06-01-05 | Jones County - 1991

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Kenyon-Rockton-Emeline association (Soil Survey of Jones County, Iowa; 1991).

Map Units

Map units containing EMELINE 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
Emeline loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes	412G	550	402891	2t3fj	ia011	1977	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	429	402890	2t3fl	ia011	1977	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	269	402889	2t3fk	ia011	1977	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	215	413256	2t3fk	ia013	2001	1:12000
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	612	403239	2t3fk	ia019	1978	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	934	403407	2t3fk	ia023	1978	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	368	403408	2t3fl	ia023	1978	1:15840
Rock outcrop-Emeline complex, 18 to 60 percent slopes	478G	941	1397125	1hwtk	ia031	2008	1:12000
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	509	1397115	2t3fl	ia031	2008	1:12000
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	1643	403838	2t3fk	ia033	1978	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	313	403839	2t3fl	ia033	1978	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	391	404038	2t3fk	ia037	1989	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	150	404040	2t3fl	ia037	1989	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	2936	405045	2t3fk	ia055	1984	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	2696	405426	2t3fl	ia061	1983	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	930	405927	2t3fk	ia067	1989	1:15840
Emeline loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes	412G	681	405930	2t3fj	ia067	1989	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	353	405929	2t3fl	ia067	1989	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes	412D	1160	407501	fp16	ia097	1988	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	845	407500	fp15	ia097	1988	1:15840
Emeline loam, 14 to 25 percent slopes	412F	418	407502	fp17	ia097	1988	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	1135	408155	2t3fk	ia105	1988	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	744	408156	2t3fl	ia105	1988	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	1005	408635	2t3fl	ia113	1970	1:15840
Emeline loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes	412G	821	408636	2t3fj	ia113	1970	1:15840
Rock outcrop-Emeline complex, 18 to 60 percent slopes	478G	345	2606441	1hwtk	ia113	1970	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	216	408634	2t3fk	ia113	1970	1:15840
Emeline loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes	412G	463	409322	2t3fj	ia123	1971	1:15840
Emeline loam, 18 to 40 percent slopes	412G	1151	409677	2t3fj	ia131	1971	1:15840
Emeline loam, 9 to 18 percent slopes	412E	572	409676	2t3fl	ia131	1971	1:15840
Emeline loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	412C	149	409675	2t3fk	ia131	1971	1:15840
Emeline-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	478G	150	411494	2t3fm	ia171	1989	1:15840
Gosport-Emeline-Ridgeton complex, 25 to 75 percent slopes	413G	2301	1612322	1r3rd	ia187	2006	1:12000
Channahon-Emeline-Rockton complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes	N575F	1716	1384977	1hh5p	mn039	2005	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the EMELINE 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).