Soil Data Explorer - MANVEL

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 (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

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.

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 (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 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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (updated 2023-10-04).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with MANVEL 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 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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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 (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. 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 complex	Mm	46103	94204	350v	co009	1966	1:20000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MvC	39363	2611097	2rgqk	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, dry	MaC	34122	2611096	2rgqg	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MbA	12910	94237	2t52w	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MbB	11697	94238	2rgql	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MaA	8344	3040245	2rgqh	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MoA	6877	2942834	2t52y	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MsB	5124	94236	2t52s	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, dry, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MsA	4487	3040253	2t52r	co011	1965	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes	59	7709	94418	2t52n	co061	1977	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	61	862	3040255	2rgqk	co061	1977	1:24000
Minnequa-Manvel silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, dry	Mv	118599	2611093	2rgqm	co089	1966	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MaB	82791	94736	2rgqh	co089	1966	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MbB	12508	94803	2rgql	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel and Minnequa loams, 1 to 5 percent slopes	MmC	11089	94853	35ps	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MbA	3235	3040252	2t52w	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MbC	1043	3040256	2rgqk	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MfB	929	3040247	2t52s	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	MaA	437	94852	35pr	co099	1963	1:15840
Manvel fine sandy loam, terrace, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MsB	168	3040248	2t52q	co099	1963	1:15840
Penrose-Manvel complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes	64	2223	95427	3699	co625	1975	1:24000
Manvel loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	50	1540	95412	368t	co625	1975	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, dry	MaB	140859	2611090	2rgqg	co626	1974	1:24000
Minnequa-Manvel silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, dry	Mv	98261	2611100	2rgqm	co626	1974	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MvC	71333	2611089	2rgqk	co626	1974	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MaA	20890	2611091	2rgqh	co626	1974	1:24000
Adena-Manvel loams	Am	9041	95479	36bz	co626	1974	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, wet, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Mn	2003	95510	2xyrk	co626	1974	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, gullied, 3 to 15 percent slopes	Mg	765	95509	2xyrj	co626	1974	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam saline, 1 to 5 percent slopes	41	4946	496478	jnmf	co627	1980	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	40	4405	496477	2rgqk	co627	1980	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MvC	38819	105388	2rgqk	co628	2008	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	66	9160	498334	2rgqk	co637	1986	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	65	7326	498333	2rgql	co637	1986	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, saline	67	2295	498335	jqkb	co637	1986	1:24000
Manvel loam	Me	2126	497586	jps5	co643	1975	1:20000
Badland-Manvel complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	1520	296	1150102	2zwjp	ks051	1970	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	38275	1150684	17mcv	ks063	1974	1:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	1603	15952	1150666	17mc8	ks063	1974	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	1688	8238	1150683	17mct	ks063	1974	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	7507	1152026	17ns4	ks101	1966	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	1688	6959	1150534	17m70	ks109	1962	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	736	1150535	17m71	ks109	1962	1:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	1603	491	1150513	17m6b	ks109	1962	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	292	1151986	17nqv	ks171	1963	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	39	1150001	17lnt	ks179	1982	1:24000
Badland-Manvel complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	1520	5435	1150832	2zwjp	ks195	1986	1:24000
Manvel-Badland complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1691	690	1150863	17mkm	ks195	1986	1:24000
Elkader and Manvel silt loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	1603	463	1150842	17mjy	ks195	1986	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	1688	15	1150862	17mkl	ks195	1986	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	1690	47	2217548	2dfjt	ne045	1973	1:20000
Manvel silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	1690	1580	100613	3cpl	ne161	1992	1:20000
Manvel silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	McB	5114	353202	cvjm	sd019	1970	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	292	353201	cvjl	sd019	1970	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MaA	546	355118	cxjf	sd047	1980	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	620B	5	1900520	21sn3	sd081	2007	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 4 to 9 percent slopes	MbB	8460	354329	cwpz	sd600	1974	1:24000
Enning-Manvel complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	EaD	8286	354311	cwpd	sd600	1974	1:24000
Manvel-Minnequa silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes	MeC	5652	2580927	cyhz	sd606	2011	1:24000
Manvel silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	MaB	3981	2580926	cyhy	sd606	2011	1:24000
Manvel-Urban land complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	MgC	672	2580928	cyj0	sd606	2011	1:24000
Manvel silty clay loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	McB	3499	2582718	cv40	sd613	2011	1:24000

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 (updated 2023-10-04).