Soil Data Explorer - TELL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TELL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TELL, 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 TELL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
108B	82IL011036	1982IL011036	Tell	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5458271,-89.7476624

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TELL 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 TELL 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 TELL 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 TELL 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 TELL 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 TELL 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 TELL 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with TELL, 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-2011-06-01-08 | Louisa County - 1980

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Downs-Fayette association (Soil Survey of Louisa County, Iowa; 1980).

2. WI-2012-03-22-02 | Buffalo County - March 1962

   Soil associations and relief in Buffalo County. 1. Silty soils of the rolling limestone uplands and Steep stony and rocky land: Dubuque, Fayette, Steep stony and rocky land. 2. Loamy soils of the rolling to hilly sandstone uplands: Gale, Hixton. 3. Sandy soils of the rolling to hilly sandstone uplands: Boone, Hixton. 4. Sandy soils of stream terraces: Sparta, Plainfield. 5. Silty soils of stream terraces: Bertrand, Richwood. 6. Loamy terrace soils underlain by sand on stream terraces: Meridian, Tell. 7. Wet organic and mineral soils of bottom lands: Peat and Muck, Ettrick, Wallkill. 8. Soils of overflow bottom lands: Loamy alluvial lands, Marsh (Soil Survey of Bayfield County, WI; 1961).

3. WI-2012-03-22-05 | Crawford County - December 1961

   Landscape showing relationships among soils of the bottom lands of Crawford County (Soil Survey of Crawford County, WI; 1961).

4. WI-2012-03-23-31 | Richland County - March 1959

   Soil landscape of Richland County showing relationships among major soil series (Courtesy Wis. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey) (Soil Survey of Richland County, WI; 1959).

Map Units

Map units containing TELL 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
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 9 to 18 percent slopes	293E	1108	1397102	2thl7	ia031	2008	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 5 to 9 percent slopes	293C	561	1397101	2thl4	ia031	2008	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 18 to 40 percent slopes	293G	379	1397103	2thlb	ia031	2008	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	353B	582	404409	fktg	ia045	1978	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes	353C	345	404410	fkth	ia045	1978	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	353	300	404408	fktf	ia045	1978	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	353B	272	405035	flgn	ia055	1984	1:15840
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 18 to 40 percent slopes	293G	1708	1144384	2thlb	ia095	2005	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded	293D2	1254	1144380	2thl6	ia095	2005	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 14 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	293E2	1202	1144387	2thl9	ia095	2005	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 9 to 14 percent slopes	293D	888	452864	2thl5	ia095	2005	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 5 to 9 percent slopes	293C	767	452863	2thl4	ia095	2005	1:12000
Fayette-Chelsea-Tell complex, 14 to 18 percent slopes	293E	578	452866	2thl8	ia095	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded	353C2	193	1144475	17dxk	ia095	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	353B	138	1144473	17dxh	ia095	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes	353C	135	1144476	17dxl	ia095	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded	353D2	85	1144474	17dxj	ia095	2005	1:12000
Douds-Alvin-Tell Complex, 18 to 60 percent slopes	S154G	1803	408432	fq07	ia111	1976	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	353B	620	408616	fq65	ia113	1970	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded	353C2	217	408617	fq66	ia113	1970	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded	353D2	425	408768	fqc2	ia115	1984	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded	353C2	171	408767	fqc1	ia115	1984	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	565B	587	1862759	20jc0	il011	2007	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	565A	431	1862758	20jbz	il011	2007	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	565C2	32	1862760	20jc1	il011	2007	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	565C2	1264	867757	y3z5	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	565D2	1196	796098	vqdl	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell-Lamont complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	952F2	948	905338	zd2g	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded	565D3	596	901207	z7s6	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	565F2	584	901213	z7sd	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell-Lamont complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	952D2	583	902724	z9c4	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell-Lamont complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	952C2	527	902719	z9bz	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell-Lamont complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded	952D3	304	902727	z9c7	il015	2005	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	565B	242	867756	y3z4	il015	2005	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes	917D	4363	244839	86s1	il073	2001	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	565B	2040	244797	86qp	il073	2001	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 1 to 7 percent slopes	917B	1948	244837	86rz	il073	2001	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	565C2	1435	244798	86qq	il073	2001	1:12000
Tell silt loam 0 to 2 percent slopes	565A	555	244796	86qn	il073	2001	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	917D2	267	244840	86s2	il073	2001	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	917C2	38	244838	86s0	il073	2001	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	565B	424	1949579	23fpn	il085	1990	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	565C2	314	1949580	23fpp	il085	1990	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	917C2	1204	198751	6ntb	il161	2002	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	917D2	1065	198752	6ntc	il161	2002	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	565C2	3075	793083	vm8b	il195	2003	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	917C2	2585	793098	vm8t	il195	2003	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	565D2	2033	793084	vm8c	il195	2003	1:12000
Oakville-Tell complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	917D2	1497	793099	vm8v	il195	2003	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	565B	837	793082	vm89	il195	2003	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ThA	254	2216437	2ddcz	mn157	2008	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	ThB	165	2216438	2ddd0	mn157	2008	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	TeA	611	422966	g642	wi001	1978	1:20000
Tell silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	TeB	680	421599	g4pz	wi017	1985	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TeB	1245	421839	g4yq	wi035	1974	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	TeA	591	421838	g4yp	wi035	1974	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	TcB2	1321	425381	g8mz	wi045	1969	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	TcA	625	425380	g8my	wi045	1969	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	TcC2	211	425382	g8n0	wi045	1969	1:12000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	TeB2	33	424727	g7yw	wi049	1960	1:20000
Tell silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TeB	1275	423218	g6d6	wi111	1977	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	TeC2	807	423219	g6d7	wi111	1977	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	TeD2	382	423220	g6d8	wi111	1977	1:15840
Tell silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	TeA	230	423217	g6d5	wi111	1977	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TELL 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).