Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MILES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MILES, 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 MILES 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
78B40A448457TX263090Miles4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.2584724,-100.5758362
78B06N0180S2005TX169003Miles7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.2099457,-101.0736923
78C40A4485S57-TX275-0353Miles4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.3988876,-99.6897202

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MILES 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 MILES 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 MILES 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 MILES 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 MILES 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 MILES series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the MILES 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MILES, 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. OK-2012-02-16-24 | Dewey County - December 1963

    Typical pattern of the soils in associations 1 and 2 (Soil Survey of Dewey County, Oklahoma; December 1963).

  2. OK-2012-02-16-26 | Dewey County - December 1963

    Typical pattern of the soils in association 4 (Soil Survey of Dewey County, Oklahoma; December 1963).

  3. OK-2012-02-16-35 | Greer County - March 1967

    Major soils in soil association 1, and their relation to the landscape (Soil Survey of Greer County, Oklahoma; March 1967).

  4. OK-2012-02-16-38 | Greer County - March 1967

    Major soils in soil association 4, and their relation to the landscape (Soil Survey of Greer County, Oklahoma; March 1967).

  5. OK-2012-02-16-52 | Jackson County - June 1961

    Typical pattern of Miles, Enterprise, Tivoli, and associated soil (Soil Survey of Jackson County, Oklahoma; June 1961).

  6. OK-2012-02-17-39 | Roger Mills County - August 1963

    Typical pattern of soils in associations 1 and 2 (Soil Survey of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; August 1963).

  7. TX-2010-11-03-50 | King County - 2007

    Typical pattern of the Grandfield-Shrewder-Devol and Delwin-Nobscot general soil map units (Soil Survey of King County, Texas; 2007).

  8. TX-2012-03-20-16 | Childress County - July 1963

    Soils developed in sandy outwash material (Soil Survey of Childress County, TX; 1963).

  9. TX-2012-03-20-38 | Dawson County - August 1960

    Soils on caprock and associated soils on high plains and rolling plains (Soil Survey of Dawson County, TX; 1960).

  10. TX-2012-03-21-10 | Haskell County - March 1961

    Soils developed in outwash material of Pleistocene age (Soil Survey of Haskell County, TX; 1961).

  11. TX-2012-03-21-47 | McCulloch County - November 1974

    Pattern of soils in Pedernales-Sagerton-Clairemont association (Soil Survey of McCulloch County, TX; 1974).

  12. TX-2012-03-22-08 | Wilbarger County - September 1962

    Block diagram showing the geographical association of the soils in association 2. Here, the soils formed in a mantle of windblown sand, which lies over sandy outwash material (Soil Survey of Wilbarger County, TX; 1962).

  13. TX-2012-03-22-09 | Wilbarger County - September 1962

    Block diagram showing the geographical association of the soils on the low terraces along the Pease River. Sandy alluvial land and Yahola very fine sandy loam, which formed in recent alluvium, are in soil association 6. Miles fine sandy loam, which is in soil association 3; Enterprise very fine sandy loam; and Tipton silt loam formed in sandy outwash that has been reworked by wind in some places (Soil Survey of Wilbarger County, TX; 1962).

Map Units

Map units containing MILES 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
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB149773627262t00ztx02319711:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA89093627252t00ytx02319711:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB145173629602t3rxtx03319701:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB16553629592t00vtx03319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC81329623332t00rtx03319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesAmB56323632662t3rxtx04519721:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesAmA43563632652t3rwtx04519721:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesAmC34553632672t00rtx04519721:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMeB22113632842t00vtx04519721:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMmB276453639852t3rxtx08119681:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMmA119033639842t3rwtx08119681:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMmC22503639862t00rtx08119681:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB18103639832t00vtx08119681:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, warm, 1 to 3 percent slopesMsB31323640242t3rvtx08319681:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB603133641172t00vtx08719651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB401123641142t3rxtx08719651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC54243641152t00rtx08719651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes, severely erodedMs348293641192t00xtx08719651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlC45933641182t00wtx08719651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMfC217023641162t00stx08719651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, warm, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB923644402t3rvtx09519851:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMeB294483646002t00vtx10119691:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB174533646032t3rxtx10119691:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMeC125913646012t00wtx10119691:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopesMfD123753646052t00ttx10119691:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC117623646042t00rtx10119691:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA89933646022t3rwtx10119691:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMnB155433647262t3rxtx10719641:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMnC47743647272t00rtx10719641:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMmB38533647232t00vtx10719641:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMnA21593647252t3rwtx10719641:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMmC10113647242t00wtx10719641:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB485863651292t3rxtx12519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC315603651302t00rtx12519651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB228853651322t00vtx12519651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlC144123651332t00wtx12519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA93713651282t3rwtx12519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMsC218823651342t00stx12519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopesMfD10713651312t00ttx12519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB481433651812t3rxtx12919751:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB355613651772t00vtx12919751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC295473651822t00rtx12919751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA86653651802t3rwtx12919751:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlC44383651782t00wtx12919751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMfC227133651832t00stx12919751:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes, severely erodedMs313003651792t00xtx12919751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB246543657972t3rxtx15119641:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC173433657982t00rtx15119641:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMmB102363658002t00vtx15119641:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA41473657962t3rwtx15119641:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMfC26543657992t00stx15119641:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMiB277813812302t3rxtx15320041:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMiA22466446552t3rwtx15320041:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, moist, 0 to 3 percent slopesMeB810231561402t011tx15520211:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA289131561382t00ytx15520211:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB274331561392t00ztx15520211:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB352153783382t3rxtx16919651:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB177063783402t00vtx16919651:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC118283783392t00rtx16919651:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA68663783372t3rwtx16919651:24000
Miles-Springer loamy fine sands, 3 to 5 percent slopesMmC3755378341dppktx16919651:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMdB158193919272t00vtx17919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB122543919302t3rxtx17919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC113083919312t00rtx17919651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMdC39323919282t00wtx17919651:20000
Miles and Delwin soils, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMhC23798391933f4v0tx17919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA21323919292t3rwtx17919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMfC214413919322t00stx17919651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMmB191873669512t00vtx19119651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB177153669482t3rxtx19119651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA65923669472t3rwtx19119651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC46283669492t00rtx19119651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMmC29913669522t00wtx19119651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopesMfD10363669502t00ttx19119651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, moist, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB201063671502t011tx19719651:20000
Abilene-Miles complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesAe264153674762y7bptx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, undulatingMd13462367494dbdntx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA59543674962t00ytx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB29113674972t00ztx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, erodedMfB21750367498dbdstx20719601:20000
Hardeman-Miles complex, 5 to 12 percent slopesEpD15753674862z16qtx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, undulating, erodedMd21251367495dbdptx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMfC2566367499dbdttx20719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, erodedMfD2393367500dbdvtx20719601:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB78023675692t00vtx21119671:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlC41093675702t00wtx21119671:20000
Miles-Cobb complex, 1 to 3 percent slopesAsB66933918722t012tx22719651:24000
Miles-Cobb complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesAsC12313918732t013tx22719651:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMnB221313682382t00ztx25319661:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMnA150003682372t00ytx25319661:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, moist, 0 to 3 percent slopesMmB82523682362t011tx25319661:20000
Miles complexMp8199368240dc5qtx25319661:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 3 to 5 percent slopesMnC10293682392t010tx25319661:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMnB204603684882t3rxtx26319681:31680
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB201003684852t00vtx26319681:31680
Miles-Cobb complex, 1 to 3 percent slopesCmB130803684772t012tx26319681:31680
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMnA64693684872t3rwtx26319681:31680
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMnC49783684892t00rtx26319681:31680
Miles-Cobb complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesCmC42963684782t013tx26319681:31680
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlD28583684862t00wtx26319681:31680
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, erodedMsC29073684902t00stx26319681:31680
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA9903685952t3rwtx26919991:31680
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopes25394413687262t00ytx27519751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopes26230433687272t00ztx27519751:24000
Rotan-Winters-Miles complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes29121643687302z16htx27519751:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, warm, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB33043699522t3rvtx30719701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesCmB869873707182t3rxtx33519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesCmC112893707192t00rtx33519651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMoB107843707302t00vtx33519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMnA70763707292t3rwtx33519651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMoC10743707312t00wtx33519651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB453733708742t3rxtx34519721:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMeB370913708722t00vtx34519721:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMfC269633708752t00rtx34519721:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMeC204083708732t00wtx34519721:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopesMfE196623708762t00ttx34519721:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes2251173709902t3rxtx35319791:24000
Miles-Cobb complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes527823710202t012tx35319791:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes2324473709912t00rtx35319791:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes208743709882t00vtx35319791:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopes215733709892t00wtx35319791:24000
Cobb-Miles complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes42153710092y88rtx35319791:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB56813717772t3rxtx39919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA40463717762t3rwtx39919651:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB19053717782t00vtx39919651:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, warm, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB8873719572t3rvtx41119801:24000
Miles-Cobb complex, 1 to 3 percent slopesMsB728173720162t012tx41519661:24000
Miles-Cobb complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesMsC52543720172t013tx41519661:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMrA50113720152t3rwtx41519661:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMuB48123720182t00vtx41519661:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesMnB145313722872t3rxtx43319701:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesMlB98503722842t00vtx43319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesMnC50453722882t00rtx43319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesMnA37303722862t3rwtx43319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopesMnD21883722892t00ttx43319701:24000
Miles loamy fine sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesMlC15353722852t00wtx43319701:24000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMsB100203915322t00ztx44119711:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMsA33903915312t00ytx44119711:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 3 to 5 percent slopesMsC7503915332t010tx44119711:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesAmC11163727282t00rtx45119711:20000
Miles loamy fine sand, moist, 0 to 3 percent slopesMmB374753734322t011tx48719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 0 to 1 percent slopesMfA308773734272t00ytx48719601:20000
Miles fine sandy loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopesMfB257653734282t00ztx48719601:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MILES 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 .