Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
67B91P086791CO123003Olney7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.855835,-104.7416687
67B91P086991CO123005Olney7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8138885,-104.7305527

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the OLNEY 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 OLNEY 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 OLNEY 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 OLNEY 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with OLNEY 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 OLNEY 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 OLNEY 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 OLNEY, 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-2011-05-27-05 | Crowley County - 1968

    Relationship of soils to typography and underlying material in association 3 (Soil Survey of Crowley County, Colorado; 1968).

  3. CO-2011-05-27-07 | Otero County - 1972

    Volney-Olney-Dwyer association; part of Minnequa-Penrose soil association in background (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).

Map Units

Map units containing OLNEY 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
Terry-Olney-Thedalund sandy loams, 5 to 20 percent slopesTeE205329416434zkco00519711:20000
Olney fine sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopesOnD19879414434yxco00519711:20000
Travessilla-Olney sandy loam, 1 to 9 percent slopesToC7382294289353lco01119651:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesOnA1111825209472qnmsco01119651:15840
Vonid sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, dryVoC620126110522rgqdco01119651:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, dryOfB343125209512qnmtco01119651:15840
Olney soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, erodedOyE158825209562qnmwco01119651:15840
Otero-Olney sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes, eroded34588594323354pco01719851:24000
Olney sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes64342329921882qnmvco01719851:24000
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesOmAB2587225209482qnmsco02519651:15840
Vonid sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, dryVoC1949826110542rgqdco02519651:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, dryOyB1267325209522qnmtco02519651:15840
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesOlB342725209402qnmrco02519651:15840
Olney-Limon, alkali, complexOo238294390356vco02519651:15840
Olney soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, erodedOyE218525209552qnmwco02519651:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes433213326110372qnmsco06119771:24000
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes271198425209412qnmrco06119771:24000
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes1653322525209492qnmsco07320011:24000
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes164901925209432qnmrco07320011:24000
Olney sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes16784291052483jj3co07320011:24000
Haxtun, dry-Olney loamy sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes13740861052183jh4co07320011:24000
Olney-Midway complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes16818871052493jj4co07320011:24000
Olney sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes16654325209542qnmvco07320011:24000
Olney sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes8530939457135dpco07519741:24000
Olney sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes8428919457035dnco07519741:24000
Olney loamy sand, terrace, 1 to 3 percent slopesOnB10721104553py2co08719651:24000
Olney sandy loam, saline, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopesOtA4141104573py4co08719651:24000
Olney loamy sand, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopesOnA3581104543py1co08719651:24000
Vonid sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, dryVdC2971326110502rgqdco08919661:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, dryOlB1606726110302qnmtco08919661:15840
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesOnB179126110472qnmsco08919661:15840
Olney fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes441390359513735zyco61719801:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes45482539513835zzco61719801:24000
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes4219299513535zwco61719801:24000
Olney loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes434319513635zxco61719801:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes475702795227362vco61819761:24000
Olney loamy sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes441938495224362rco61819761:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes481467995228362wco61819761:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes46833195226362tco61819761:24000
Olney loamy sand, 3 to 5 percent slopes45316795225362sco61819761:24000
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes603962325209452qnmsco62519751:24000
Olney sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes611806425209532qnmvco62519751:24000
Olney-Vonid soils, 1 to 6 percent slopes, eroded12314403954252t51dco62519751:24000
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesOf4415525209442qnmsco62619741:24000
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesOe1316025209422qnmrco62619741:24000
Vonid sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes, dryVoC763926110592rgqdco62619741:24000
Olney sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, dryOfB558325209502qnmtco62619741:24000
Olney-Progresso sandy loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes6122076496500jnn4co62719801:24000
Olney sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes6015484964992qnmvco62719801:24000
Olney loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes515300496794jnymco68319771:24000
Olney loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes502600496793jnylco68319771:24000
Olney loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes49800496791jnyjco68319771:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 4 to 12 percent slopesOn1410346093cm49mt60719701:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesOe1453347115cn68mt61119711:24000
Olney fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesOf1154347116cn69mt61119711:24000
Olney loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes59842940357977d0hnne16519931:20000
Larim-Olney association3813816152082537wwy04319761:24000
Arvada-Olney association578171520955389wy04319761:24000
Bunkwater-Winnett-like-Olney complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes220631708772wxmxwy6031:24000
Eaglenest-Threetop-Olney complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes520131708782wxmpwy6031:24000
Olney-Threetop complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes5C06335823830zs1wy6171:24000
Bunkwater-Winnett-like-Olney complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes220629691032wxmxwy6291:24000
Eaglenest-Threetop-Olney complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes520129690962wxmpwy6291:24000
Olney-Chugcity-Tassel complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes523032066652zc5qwy6291:24000
Olney-Threetop complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes5C06325333130zs1wy6291:24000
Olney loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes -- Draft93A15267253vxwy6291:24000
Olney loamy sand, 3 to 6 percent slopes -- Draft93B15267353vywy6291:24000
Olney loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes -- Draft93C15267453vzwy6291:24000
Olney-Bowbac complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes -- Draft29315250653pkwy6291:24000
Olney-Turnercrest complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes -- Draft39315254353qrwy6291:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the OLNEY 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 .