Soil Data Explorer - LOUP

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the LOUP soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of LOUP, 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 LOUP 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	80P0188	80NE149001	Loup	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.5777779,-99.4786148
65	88P0033	87NE031103	Loup	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4544449,-100.9355545
65	40A2132	S1977NE089003	Loup	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3299904,-98.8323364

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP 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 LOUP, 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-2012-02-13-18 | Greeley County - April 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hord-Cozad and the Boel-Loup-Leshara associations (Soil Survey of Greeley County, Nebraska; April 1993).

2. 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).

3. 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).

4. 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).

5. NE-2012-02-13-63 | Nance County - July 1960

   A cross section along the eastern side of Nance County showing the relationship of the soils to the geological materials (Soil Survey of Nance County, Nebraska; July 1960).

6. 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).

7. 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).

8. NE-2012-02-13-99 | Sherman County - May 1990

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Loup-Bolent-Barney and Gibbon-Wann-Saltine associations (Soil Survey of Sherman County, Nebraska; May 1990).

9. NE-2012-02-14-06 | Thomas County - August 1965

   Sketch of the soil associations in Thomas County: 1. Valentine, rolling; 2. Valentine, rolling-Anselmo; 3. Valentine, hilly; 4. Valentine, hilly-Dunday; 5. Dunday-Loup (Soil Survey of Thomas County, Nebraska; August 1965).

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-2012-02-14-11 | Valley County - October 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cozad-Hord and Boel-Loup-Leshara associations (Soil Survey of Valley County, Nebraska; October 1985).

12. 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).

13. 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).

14. 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).

15. 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 LOUP 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
Loup-Boel loamy sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	35	10828	95214	362f	co618	1976	1:24000
Valent-Loup complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	71	3542	95254	2yvrc	co618	1976	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, drained, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4667	2432	426971	gb98	ne003	1975	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	133	2215947	2v9vz	ne003	1975	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4665	57	426970	gb97	ne003	1975	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	1230	2219087	2v9vz	ne005	1973	1:24000
Loup mucky peat	4670	280	2434731	2ymc9	ne005	1973	1:24000
Loup loam, occasionally flooded	4266	1212	427050	gbct	ne011	1966	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	44	2216659	2ddm4	ne011	1966	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	7942	100008	2v9vz	ne017	1987	1:20000
Loup-Els complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4675	6647	100010	2zbfd	ne017	1987	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	2076	100009	3c23	ne017	1987	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	223	2219172	2v9vy	ne017	1987	1:20000
Loup loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4672	1761	1700067	1v21w	ne019	1967	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	25912	100405	2v9vz	ne031	1995	1:24000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	19475	100376	2v9vy	ne031	1995	1:24000
Loup mucky peat	4670	8812	2433330	2ymc9	ne031	1995	1:24000
Gannett and Loup loams, occasionally flooded	4260	3251	1699588	1v1kf	ne041	1980	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	1461	1699799	1v1s7	ne071	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	333	1699800	1v1s8	ne071	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	4265	74	2219262	2dhb3	ne071	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	10	2219264	2v9vz	ne071	1984	1:20000
Gannett-Loup fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4585	16625	1698842	1v0sc	ne075	1973	1:24000
Gannett-Loup fine sandy loams, drained, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4586	4309	1698843	1v0sd	ne075	1973	1:24000
Loup-Gannett loamy fine sands, frequently ponded	4676	1514	1698845	1v0sg	ne075	1973	1:24000
Loup-Gannett loamy fine sands, drained, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4677	743	1698846	1v0sh	ne075	1973	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	88	2219286	2v9vz	ne075	1973	1:24000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	5	2668672	2v9vy	ne075	1973	1:24000
Loup loam, occasionally flooded	4266	1582	1699961	1v1yg	ne077	1987	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4668	1290	1700162	1v24y	ne079	2003	1:12000
Loup loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4672	25	2228239	2dsnp	ne079	2003	1:12000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	46889	100124	2v9vz	ne089	1981	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	9417	100125	3c5v	ne089	1981	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	406	2668692	2v9vy	ne091	1961	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	265	2668694	2v9vz	ne091	1961	1:24000
Loup mucky peat	4670	147	2668695	2ymc9	ne091	1961	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4668	31	2228903	2dtc3	ne093	1968	1:12000
Loup loam, occasionally flooded	4266	19	2228892	2dtbr	ne093	1968	1:12000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	9837	357705	2v9vz	ne103	1977	1:20000
Ord-Loup fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4248	9602	357721	d07d	ne103	1977	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	882	357706	d06x	ne103	1977	1:20000
Loup complex, rarely flooded	4380	2443	1699205	1v152	ne111	1971	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	705	1699371	2v9vz	ne113	1969	1:24000
Loup fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	4265	498	1699546	1v1j2	ne115	1986	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	938	1700221	2v9vz	ne117	1966	1:31680
Loup mucky peat	4670	152	2433280	2ymc9	ne117	1966	1:31680
Loup loamy fine sand, frequently ponded	4674	1872	427418	gbrp	ne119	1981	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	6	2217125	2df35	ne119	1981	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	4265	4	2228270	2dspp	ne121	1978	1:20000
Loup silt loam, occasionally flooded	4267	1129	427485	gbtv	ne125	1958	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	4265	657	427484	gbtt	ne125	1958	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	2958	427581	gbxy	ne139	1970	1:20000
Loup soils, rarely flooded	4379	857	427582	gbxz	ne139	1970	1:20000
Loup loam, frequently ponded	4673	918	427653	gc08	ne141	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	25268	100244	2v9vz	ne149	1982	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	3253	100245	3c9q	ne149	1982	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	4110	1700005	1v1zw	ne163	1987	1:20000
Loup loam, frequently ponded	4673	2012	1700006	1v1zx	ne163	1987	1:20000
Loup loam, occasionally flooded	4266	4	2228872	2dtb3	ne163	1987	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	4265	712	426841	gb52	ne167	1980	1:20000
Loup loam, occasionally flooded	4266	5470	1699906	1v1wp	ne175	1983	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	47	2228865	2dt9w	ne175	1983	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, rarely flooded	4376	12815	1699851	1v1tx	ne183	1984	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	4561	11402	1699836	2v9vy	ne183	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4669	4288	1699852	1v1ty	ne183	1984	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	4662	195	2219888	2v9vz	ne183	1984	1:20000
Loup loamy fine sand	Lp	670	2938967	2wbpt	sd005	1976	1:20000
Loup loamy fine sand, frequently ponded	Lo	292	354592	2wbpv	sd005	1976	1:20000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	2671	1390064	2v9vy	sd007	2004	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Lo	2519	352752	cv23	sd007	2004	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	T092A	898	1390094	2v9vz	sd007	2004	1:20000
Loup mucky peat	T093A	457	1390095	2ymc9	sd007	2004	1:20000
Loup loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	T094A	298	1390096	1hnht	sd007	2004	1:20000
Loup-Elsmere loamy fine sands	Le	15967	353013	cvbj	sd121	1967	1:31680
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	997	1391552	2v9vy	sd121	1967	1:31680
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	T092A	379	1391579	2v9vz	sd121	1967	1:31680
Loup mucky peat	T093A	129	1391580	2ymc9	sd121	1967	1:31680
Loup-Lamo complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	We	1494	2925524	cv6p	sd610	1965	1:20000
Loup fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ls	1728	2582717	cv3z	sd613	2011	1:24000
Elsmere-Loup complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T059A	711	2582768	2v9vy	sd613	2011	1:24000
Loup loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	T094A	61	2582780	1hv3b	sd613	2011	1:24000
Loup mucky peat	T093A	38	2582779	2ymc9	sd613	2011	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LOUP 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).