Soil Series Atlas

Uly soil series

Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftATopsoil0–25 cm · 0–10 inBASubsoil grading from topsoil25–38 cm · 10–15 inBwSubsoil · color or structure change38–53 cm · 15–21 inBCSubsoil grading to parent material53–64 cm · 21–25 inCParent material64–203 cm · 25–80 in050100150200cmATopsoil0–25 cm · 0–10 inBASubsoil grading fromtopsoil25–38 cm · 10–15 inBwSubsoil · color orstructure change38–53 cm · 15–21 inBCSubsoil grading toparent material53–64 cm · 21–25 inCParent material64–203 cm · 25–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 5 horizons.

Mollisols — soils with a thick, dark, organic-rich topsoil

With 2.81 million acres mapped, Uly is the 16th-largest of 24,791 U.S. soil series. In Nebraska only three series cover more ground. Besides it, only Eckrant, Port, and Ulysses belong to the great group Haplustolls in this atlas.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately high

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Where Uly is mapped

2,808,719 acres in 73 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansas: 1,241,440 acresMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth Dakota: 22,912 acresTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraska: 1,544,366 acresSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Uly acres

  1. Nebraska55%
  2. Kansas44%
  3. South Dakota0.8%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Nebraska 4th of 414 · 3.32%
  • Kansas 6th of 452 · 2.43%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

Moderately high

SlowFast
Parent material
Loess
Landform
Uplands
Type location
Nebraska

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderUstolls
  3. Great groupHaplustolls
  4. SubgroupTypic Haplustolls
  5. FamilyFine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustollsfine-silty particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Uly makes up 0.64% of all mapped Mollisols — the 7th largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

64 cm under a median of 104 cm

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

4 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls”

  1. Uly2.8 M
  2. Nuckolls187 k
  3. Homme105 k
  4. Tilford41 k
  5. Bend4 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Uly203 cm · Typic Haplustolls
  2. Ulysses200 cm · Torriorthentic Haplustolls
  3. Port183 cm · Cumulic Haplustolls
  4. Eckrant76 cm · Lithic Haplustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–25 cm0–10 in25 cm
BASubsoil grading from topsoil25–38 cm10–15 in13 cm
BwSubsoil: color or structure change38–53 cm15–21 in15 cm
BCSubsoil grading to parent material53–64 cm21–25 in11 cm
CParent material64–203 cm25–80 in139 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2007-12), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides