Soil Series Atlas

Gelisols

Soils with permafrost

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftOiOrganic layer · slightly decomposed0–8 cm · 0–3 inOAOrganic layer grading to topsoil8–13 cm · 3–5 inBjjgSubsoil · frost-churned, gleyed: grayfrom wetness13–43 cm · 5–17 inCjjgParent material · frost-churned, gleyed:gray from wetness43–64 cm · 17–25 inCjjgfParent material · frost-churned, gleyed:gray from wetness, frozen64–183 cm · 25–72 in050100150cmOiOrganic layer ·slightly decomposed0–8 cm · 0–3 inOAOrganic layer gradingto topsoil8–13 cm · 3–5 inBjjgSubsoil ·frost-churned, gleyed:gray from wetness13–43 cm · 5–17 inCjjgParent material ·frost-churned, gleyed:gray from wetness43–64 cm · 17–25 inCjjgfParent material ·frost-churned, gleyed:gray from wetness,frozen64–183 cm · 25–72 in
Tanana, the largest Gelisols series in this atlas, drawn to scale.

Soil order · 107 established series in the classification database

Gelisols cover 8.26 million acres of mapped U.S. soils — 0.5% of all series acres, the 11th largest of the twelve orders — across 123 mapped series.

Official descriptions of Gelisols go down a median 150 cm.

Gelisols among the twelve orders

Share of all acres mapped to a named series, with this order highlighted.

Mollisols 27.3% · Alfisols 17.3% · Entisols 12.3% · Ultisols 11.8% · Inceptisols 11.4% · Aridisols 9.7% · Spodosols 3.7% · Vertisols 2.7% · Histosols 1.9% · Andisols 1.3% · Gelisols 0.5% · Oxisols <0.1%

Guide: The twelve soil orders, measured

Largest Gelisols series

Mapped acres in current SSURGO data, across all series in the order.

  1. Tatalina763,988 acres764 k
  2. Klasi441,448 acres441 k
  3. Tajittro374,982 acres375 k
  4. Klawasi354,264 acres354 k
  5. Pupcreek320,195 acres320 k
  6. Gushdoiman283,355 acres283 k
  7. Kingslough230,243 acres230 k
  8. Yanert225,987 acres226 k
  9. Westcrazy225,329 acres225 k
  10. Apun212,105 acres212 k

Gelisols on this site

1 Gelisols series profiled here, largest first, drawn at one depth scale.

  1. TananaTypic Aquiturbels · 1 state · state soil