Soil Series Atlas

Coly soil series

Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ftATopsoil0–10 cm · 0–4 inACTopsoil grading to parent material10–20 cm · 4–8 inC1Parent material20–37 cm · 8–15 inC2Parent material37–86 cm · 15–34 inC3Parent material86–121 cm · 34–48 inC4Parent material121–153 cm · 48–60 in050100150cmATopsoil0–10 cm · 0–4 inACTopsoil grading toparent material10–20 cm · 4–8 inC1Parent material20–37 cm · 8–15 inC2Parent material37–86 cm · 15–34 inC3Parent material86–121 cm · 34–48 inC4Parent material121–153 cm · 48–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 153 cm (60 in), 6 horizons.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

Coly is mapped on 1.97 million acres in 3 states, 36th nationally by area. In Nebraska only two series cover more ground. Its larger relative Cabba is the one other atlas series in Typic Ustorthents; Coly is fine-silty rather than loamy, very deep rather than shallow, and mesic rather than frigid. Besides it, only Cabba and Cabbart belong to the great group Ustorthents in this atlas.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately high

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Where Coly is mapped

1,969,797 acres in 63 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansas: 281,534 acresMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth Dakota: 2,139 acresTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraska: 1,686,123 acresSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Coly acres

  1. Nebraska86%
  2. Kansas14%
  3. South Dakota0.1%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Nebraska 3rd of 414 · 3.62%
  • Kansas 44th of 452 · 0.55%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

Moderately high

SlowFast

22 other atlas series have moderately high Ksat, none of them Entisols.

Parent material
Loess
Landform
Hills
Major land resource areas
71, 73, 75
Type location
Nebraska

How it is classified

  1. OrderEntisols
  2. SuborderOrthents
  3. Great groupUstorthents
  4. SubgroupTypic Ustorthents
  5. FamilyFine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthentsfine-silty particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classcalcareous reaction classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Entisols

Coly makes up 1.00% of all mapped Entisols — the 7th largest of 3,003 series in the order. Its solum, subsoil depth and described depth all lie within 5 cm of the order’s medians.

Its relatives

1 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Ustorthents”

  1. Coly2.0 M
  2. Cucho3 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Coly153 cm · Typic Ustorthents
  2. Cabba152 cm · Typic Ustorthents
  3. Cabbart152 cm · Aridic Ustorthents

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–10 cm0–4 in10 cm
ACTopsoil grading to parent material10–20 cm4–8 in10 cm
C1Parent material20–37 cm8–15 in17 cm
C2Parent material37–86 cm15–34 in49 cm
C3Parent material86–121 cm34–48 in35 cm
C4Parent material121–153 cm48–60 in32 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2012-07), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides