Soil Data Explorer - MELLENTHIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MELLENTHIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MELLENTHIN, 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 MELLENTHIN were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
35	92P0883	92UT037174B	Mellenthin	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.7299995,-110.177002
35	92P0911	92UT055147C	Mellenthin	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.2220001,-110.1529999

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MELLENTHIN 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 MELLENTHIN series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MELLENTHIN 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 MELLENTHIN 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MELLENTHIN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MELLENTHIN 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 MELLENTHIN 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MELLENTHIN, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing MELLENTHIN 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
Mellenthin-Rock outcrop-Torriorthents complex , 10 to 70 percent slopes	45	187726	52279	1rdf	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin-Strych complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes, cool	46	42729	52281	1rdh	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin-Tanbark complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes, cool	48	17616	52357	1rgy	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin-Strych complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes, warm	47	13104	52284	1rdl	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin-Tanbark complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes, warm	50	6240	52361	1rh2	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin-Tanbark complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes, dry	49	1751	52358	1rgz	az623	1994	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, 1 to 25 percent slopes	33	96461	52512	2tw5d	az625	1992	1:24000
Havasupai-Mellenthin complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	17	26539	52468	1rlj	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin-Barx complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	31	14636	52508	1rmt	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin-ThumbRock complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	30	12276	52506	1rmr	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, cool, 1 to 25 percent slopes	35	11799	52516	1rn2	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin-Progresso complex, 1 to 7 percent slopes	32	9758	52510	1rmw	az625	1992	1:24000
Moab-Mellenthin complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	41	8894	52533	1rnm	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, warm, 1 to 25 percent slopes	36	8302	52518	1rn4	az625	1992	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes	34	1887	52514	2tw5m	az625	1992	1:24000
Curhollow-Mellenthin complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	10	81935	54028	1t6v	az629	1985	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, 1 to 25 percent slopes	25	28138	54084	2tw5d	az629	1985	1:24000
Mellenthin very gravelly loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes	26	15113	54087	2tw5m	az629	1985	1:24000
Mellenthin-Meriwhitica-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 28 percent slopes	328	25393	3296026	2ttgg	az631	1980	1:24000
Mellenthin-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	39	128890	54212	1tds	az633	1994	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Mellenthin complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	57	9470	54232	1tff	az633	1994	1:24000
Curhollow-Puertecito-Mellenthin families complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	30	27401	615917	nnx9	az701	2001	1:24000
Curhollow-Lapoint-Mellenthin families complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	26	7840	615913	nnx5	az701	2001	1:24000
Curhollow-Mellenthin complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes	27	7759	615914	nnx6	az701	2001	1:24000
Mellenthin-Placitas-Mellenthin, extremely stony, complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	26	58794	59034	2rqpj	az707	2011	1:24000
Mellenthin-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes	28	15196	2506863	2rqrh	az707	2011	1:24000
Mellenthin gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	25	13951	916861	2rqqv	az707	2011	1:24000
Mellenthin-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	27	10338	1727107	2rqrd	az707	2011	1:24000
Mellenthin-Placitas complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	226	2901	2981409	2x2pr	az707	2011	1:24000
Bodot, extremely stony-Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 65 percent slopes	MC53	15	3170448	k09p	co675	1986	1:24000
Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop-Seis complex, moist, 12 to 35 percent slopes	MC62	1005	3170485	k09x	co676	1983	1:24000
Bodot, extremely stony-Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 65 percent slopes	MC53	108	3170466	k09p	co676	1983	1:24000
Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop-Seis complex, moist, 12 to 35 percent slopes	MC62	344	3170539	k09x	co677	2018	1:24000
Hagerman-Mellenthin, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	23	24304	506713	k08l	co680	1970	1:31680
Progresso-Mellenthin, stony complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	7	16526	506762	k0b5	co680	1970	1:31680
Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop-Seis complex, moist, 12 to 35 percent slopes	62	4568	506754	k09x	co680	1970	1:31680
Bodot, extremely stony-Mellenthin, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 65 percent slopes	53	3556	506747	k09p	co680	1970	1:31680
Strych-Mellenthin complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes, very bouldery	248	261	629854	p4dw	co686	1992	1:31680
Strych-Mellenthin complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes, very bouldery	62	6512	506293	jzv1	co692	1998	1:24000
Mellenthin-Rock outcrop-Mido complex	45	32545	55173	1vds	ut631	1982	1:24000
Begay-Mellenthin complex	6	5068	55189	1vf9	ut631	1982	1:24000
Progresso-Mellenthin, stony complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MC7	396	3202641	k0b5	ut633	1983	1:24000
Mellenthin very rocky fine sandy loam, 4 to 25 percent slopes	MeG	5373	55513	1vrr	ut639	1960	1:31680
Mellenthin, moist-Bowdish complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	46	625	2434121	2mpx1	ut642		1:63360
Mellenthin, moist-Bowdish complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	5159	18733	320024	br0c	ut686	2004	1:24000
Mellenthin, moist-Rock outcrop, Moenkopi Formation, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	5158	10859	320023	br0b	ut686	2004	1:24000
Meriwhitica, moist-Mellenthin complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	5114	4707	59802	2073	ut686	2004	1:24000
Mellenthin-Wayneco family complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	98	750	2247793	2fg0g	ut688	2009	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MELLENTHIN 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).