Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the COLP soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of COLP, 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 COLP 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
108A88IL0450061988IL045006Colp3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.5802639,-87.5764778
114B77IL1570111977IL157011Colp1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.1249154,-89.9170108
114B80IL1450011980IL145001Colp1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.9768708,-89.3827159
114B80IL1570851980IL157085Colp2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.1816728,-89.975035
114B81IL1330061981IL133006Colp1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.2436108,-89.9676431
13404KY-145-0022004KY145005Colp4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.1123889,-88.7037917

Water Balance

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with COLP, 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. IL-2010-09-01-12 | Franklin and Jefferson Counties - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Colp-Hurst-Okaw association (Soil Survey of Franklin and Jefferson Counties, Illinois; 2003).

  2. IL-2010-09-01-81 | Washington County - 1998

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hurst-Okaw association (Soil Survey of Washington County, Illinois; 1998).

  3. IL-2011-08-04-78 | Monroe County - 1987

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Colp-Hurst-Okaw association (Soil Survey of Monroe County, Illinois; 1987).

  4. IL-2011-08-04-84 | Perry County - 1988

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hurst-Okaw-Colp association (Soil Survey of Perry County, Illinois; 1988).

  5. IL-2011-08-04-97 | Randolph County - 1988

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the St. Charles-Hurst-Martinsville association (Soil Survey of Randolph County, Illinois; 1988).

  6. IL-2011-08-05-06 | Washington County - 1998

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hurst-Okaw association (Soil Survey of Washington County, Illinois; 1998).

Map Units

Map units containing COLP 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
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C2153602388n6twil00320021:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B10609147nfvxil00320021:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B49016074502yp47il02320061:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded122D222116074511qyp8il02320061:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B25588068262yp47il05520051:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded122C3863806830w2ksil05520051:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded122D3307806834w2kxil05520051:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded122B294806828w2kqil05520051:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122D2159714014ryzqil06920031:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C2140714013ryzpil06920031:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded122D3586515378201nm73il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B260815378172yp47il07720061:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded, rarely flooded7122D3249615407991nqb6il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded122B2208215378181nm71il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122B296415407901nq9xil07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded122C263515378191nm72il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122D62215408001nqb7il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes122D48415388531nn9fil07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C242015407981nqb5il07720061:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B40015407971nqb4il07720061:12000
Colp-Orthents-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded2122B3822008296qzcil11920011:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B2821989046nz8il11920011:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded, rarely flooded7122C1941989056nz9il11920011:12000
Redbud-Colp silty clay loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded907D378018415865mlil13319981:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded, occasionally flooded8122C320118413165lqil13319981:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded8122B12418413065lpil13319981:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122B2102814054381j5gqil14520051:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C2335608112ndsjil15120031:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122D2214608113ndskil15120031:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B19608111ndshil15120031:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C2157748988t4cxil15320041:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122D239748989t4cyil15320041:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B17748987t4cwil15320041:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded122C312012004696qlril15720011:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded122C212002004686qlqil15720011:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B7752004672yp47il15720011:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded, occasionally flooded8122D3206818313264khil16319971:12000
Redbud-Colp silty clay loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded907D3104718318764m8il16319971:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded, occasionally flooded8122C334418313164kgil16319971:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B42601788542yp47il16519741:15840
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122B271115289951nb1fil18920061:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded122C3119114780871lm27il19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded122B2117514780861lm26il19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes122B114314780852yp47il19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded122D2495190286821w2vil19920071:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded122D332914780881lm28il19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded122C2285190286321w2pil19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes, eroded122F218214782451lm7bil19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122C210817095761vcymil19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122B210017114051vfvmil19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes, eroded, rarely flooded7122F256190308621w9wil19920071:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded7122B4517095751vcylil19920071:12000
Colp silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded, rarely flooded7122D340190286521w2ril19920071:12000
Cascilla-Colp-Wheeling complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes, occasionally floodedCgD137115927711qgdqky60219721:12000
Colp silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, rarely floodedCpB85115974131qm7gky60219721:12000
Colp silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded, rarely floodedCpC283215974141qm7hky60219721:12000
Cascilla-Colp-Wheeling complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes, occasionally floodedCgD79322322162dxszky61019681:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the COLP 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 .