Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MANVEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MANVEL, 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 MANVEL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the MANVEL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MANVEL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the MANVEL 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 .

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with MANVEL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the MANVEL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the MANVEL 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 .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MANVEL, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. CO-2011-05-27-01 | Bent County - 1971

    Representative pattern of soils and underlying materials in associations 3 (Soil Survey of Bent County, Colorado; 1971).

  2. CO-2011-05-27-02 | Bent County - 1971

    Representative pattern of soils and underlying materials in association 3 (Soil Survey of Bent County, Colorado; 1971).

  3. CO-2011-05-27-08 | Otero County - 1972

    Minnequa-Penrose association (Soil Survey of Otero County, Colorado; 1972).

  4. CO-2011-05-27-11 | Otero County - 1972

    Cross section of Otero County showing relief, drainage, and relation of soils to underlying geologic formations (Soil Survey of Otero County, Colorado; 1972).

  5. CO-2011-05-27-19 | Prowers County - 1966

    Cross sections showing relationships of the soils to the landscape and to the underlying geologic formations in Prowers County. The upper cross section shows relationships in the western part of the county, and the lower shows those in the eastern part of the county (Soil Survey of Prowers County, Colorado; 1966).

Map Units

Map units containing MANVEL 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
Minnequa-Manvel complexMm4610394204350vco00919661:20000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMvC3936326110972rgqkco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, dryMaC3412226110962rgqgco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopesMbA12910942372t52wco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesMbB11697942382rgqlco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesMaA834430402452rgqhco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesMoA687729428342t52yco01119651:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesMsB5124942362t52sco01119651:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 3 percent slopesMsA448730402532t52rco01119651:15840
Manvel silt loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes597709944182t52nco06119771:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes6186230402552rgqkco06119771:24000
Minnequa-Manvel silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, dryMv11859926110932rgqmco08919661:15840
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesMaB82791947362rgqhco08919661:15840
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesMbB12508948032rgqlco09919631:15840
Manvel and Minnequa loams, 1 to 5 percent slopesMmC110899485335psco09919631:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopesMbA323530402522t52wco09919631:15840
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMbC104330402562rgqkco09919631:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesMfB92930402472t52sco09919631:15840
Manvel loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMaA4379485235prco09919631:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopesMsB16830402482t52qco09919631:15840
Penrose-Manvel complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes642223954273699co62519751:24000
Manvel loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes50154095412368tco62519751:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, dryMaB14085926110902rgqgco62619741:24000
Minnequa-Manvel silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, dryMv9826126111002rgqmco62619741:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMvC7133326110892rgqkco62619741:24000
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesMaA2089026110912rgqhco62619741:24000
Adena-Manvel loamsAm90419547936bzco62619741:24000
Manvel silt loam, wet, 0 to 1 percent slopesMn2003955102xyrkco62619741:24000
Manvel silt loam, gullied, 3 to 15 percent slopesMg765955092xyrjco62619741:24000
Manvel silty clay loam saline, 1 to 5 percent slopes414946496478jnmfco62719801:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes4044054964772rgqkco62719801:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMvC388191053882rgqkco62820081:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes6691604983342rgqkco63719861:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes6573264983332rgqlco63719861:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, saline672295498335jqkbco63719861:24000
Manvel loamMe2126497586jps5co64319751:20000
Badland-Manvel complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes152029611501022zwjpks05119701:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes1691382751150684307pfks06319741:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes1603159521150666307phks06319741:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes168882381150683307pgks06319741:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes169175071152026307phks10119661:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes168869591150534307pgks10919621:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes16917361150535307pfks10919621:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes16034911150513307phks10919621:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes16912921151986307pfks17119631:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes1691391150001307pfks17919821:24000
Badland-Manvel complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes1520543511508322zwjpks19519861:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes16916901150863307pfks19519861:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes16034631150842307phks19519861:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes1688151150862307pgks19519861:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes16904722175482dfjtne04519731:20000
Manvel silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes169015801006133cplne16119921:20000
Manvel silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMcB5114353202cvjmsd01919701:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesMcA292353201cvjlsd01919701:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesMaA546355118cxjfsd04719801:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes620B5190052021sn3sd08120071:24000
Manvel silt loam, 4 to 9 percent slopesMbB8460354329cwpzsd60019741:24000
Enning-Manvel complex, 6 to 20 percent slopesEaD8286354311cwpdsd60019741:24000
Manvel-Minnequa silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesMeC56522580927cyhzsd60620111:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopesMaB39812580926cyhysd60620111:24000
Manvel-Urban land complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesMgC6722580928cyj0sd60620111:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 0 to 5 percent slopesMcB34992582718cv40sd61320111:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MANVEL 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 .