Soil Data Explorer - MITCHELL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MITCHELL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MITCHELL, 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 MITCHELL 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
60A	84P0224	83NE165020	Mitchell	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.8522224,-103.5430527
64	83P0682	83NE165015	MITCHELL	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.8774986,-104.0083313
64	88P0765	88NE165078	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.7786102,-103.5455551
67A	88P0310	87NE165026	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.0469437,-103.8291702
67A	40A3458	S1950WY015004	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.1333351,-104.4550018
67A	40A3459	S1952WY015001	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.0530548,-104.2602768
67A	40A3460	S1952WY015004	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.9866676,-104.1680527
67A	40A3461	S1952WY015006	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.0788879,-104.3294449
67A	40A3462	S1952WY015007	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.915554,-104.1275024
67A	40A2287	S1953NE157002	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8661118,-103.7455521
67A	40A2286	S1953NE157004	Mitchell	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8800011,-103.7902756
67A	06N0130	S2005NE157003	Mitchell	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8105545,-104.0311127

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 MITCHELL 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MITCHELL, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. NE-2012-02-08-03 | Banner County - October 1994

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Otero-Bayard-Sarben association (Soil Survey of Banner County, Nebraska; October 1994).

2. NE-2012-02-13-03 | Garden County - 1999

   Typical pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Ashollow-Tassel association (Soil Survey of Garden County, Nebraska; 1999).

3. NE-2012-02-13-57 | Morrill County - August 1985

   Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Mitchell-Otero-Bridget association (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

4. NE-2012-02-13-60 | Morrill County - August 1985

   A generalized cross section of Morrill County that shows the relationship of parent material, soil associations, and elevation (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

5. WY-2010-11-08-01 | Platte County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in map units 133, 141, 191, and 229 (Soil Survey of Platte County, Wyoming; 2003).

6. WY-2012-03-23-07 | Goshen County, Southern Part - November 1971

   Typical relationship of Mitchell, Keota, and Epping soils to topography and parent material in association 6 (Soil Survey of Goshen County, Wyoming, Southern Part; 1971).

Map Units

Map units containing MITCHELL 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
Mitchell loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	68	22078	94552	35d2	co075	1974	1:24000
Mitchell-Keota loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	70	18851	94555	35d5	co075	1974	1:24000
Mitchell-Norka loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	71	8306	94556	35d6	co075	1974	1:24000
Mitchell-Keota loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	69	1121	94553	35d3	co075	1974	1:24000
Kim-Mitchell complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	31	64083	95123	35zh	co617	1980	1:24000
Kim-Mitchell complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	32	22482	95124	35zj	co617	1980	1:24000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	9772	1692497	1tt5p	ne007	1988	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	4507	1692494	1tt5l	ne007	1988	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5846	3392	1692495	1tt5m	ne007	1988	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5844	2270	1692493	1tt5k	ne007	1988	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	5848	1980	1692496	1tt5n	ne007	1988	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5843	1557	1692492	1tt5j	ne007	1988	1:20000
Epping-Mitchell complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	6205	2618	1698682	1v0m6	ne033	1989	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	1212	1698699	1v0mr	ne033	1989	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5846	1168	1698700	1v0ms	ne033	1989	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5847	516	1698701	1v0mt	ne033	1989	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5839	15480	358132	2tvtt	ne045	1973	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5838	4098	358131	d0nm	ne045	1973	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5834	2330	358129	d0nk	ne045	1973	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	2124	358133	d0np	ne045	1973	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	5836	769	358130	d0nl	ne045	1973	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	1268	1698765	1v0pw	ne069	1995	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	269	1698763	1v0pt	ne069	1995	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5846	148	1698764	1v0pv	ne069	1995	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5844	10334	1692637	1ttb6	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	8033	1692638	1ttb7	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5846	5125	1692639	1ttb8	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5847	3594	1692640	1ttb9	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping very fine sandy loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	5850	2950	1692641	1ttbb	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5843	2741	1692636	1ttb5	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping very fine sandy loams, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5851	1939	1692642	1ttbc	ne123	1981	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5834	32822	1653766	1shw9	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5835	28835	1653767	1shwb	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5837	17376	1653768	1shwc	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5838	12796	1653769	1shwd	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, thin, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5841	4571	1653702	1sht7	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, thin, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5842	3963	1653703	1sht8	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell and Buffington soils, alkali, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5830	3292	1653699	1sht4	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5831	2619	1653770	1shwf	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, thin, 1 to 6 percent slopes	5840	2243	1653701	1sht6	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, wet variant, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5852	1786	1653707	1shtd	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5832	1213	1653771	1shwg	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	664	2227654	2ds1t	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5833	642	1653772	1shwh	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5843	393	2227649	2ds1n	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5844	331	2227650	2ds1p	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5846	320	2227652	2ds1r	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	5848	30	2227653	2ds1s	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	27	2227651	2ds1q	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5839	3	2227665	2tvtt	ne157	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	5375	100617	3cpq	ne161	1992	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5844	5388	357951	d0gt	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes	5849	4301	357963	d0h6	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 9 to 20 percent slopes	5839	3584	357959	2tvtt	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5837	3265	357957	d0h0	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5845	2921	357952	d0gv	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	5848	2644	357962	d0h5	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5835	2153	357956	d0gz	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5834	1446	357955	d0gy	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5843	1174	357950	d0gs	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5838	891	357958	d0h1	ne165	1993	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MtB	439	355126	cxjp	sd047	1980	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MtA	249	355125	cxjn	sd047	1980	1:24000
Epping-Mitchell silt loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes	Te	3753	2925483	2tvtj	sd610	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping silt loams, moist, 9 to 30 percent slopes	U195E	277	2485207	2pf1z	sd612	2011	1:20000
Epping-Mitchell silt loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes	Te	10518	2582737	2tvtj	sd613	2011	1:24000
Mitchell-Epping silt loams, moist, 9 to 30 percent slopes	U195E	75	2582815	2pf1z	sd613	2011	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	191	16986	104547	3hsh	wy031	1998	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	190	5246	104546	3hsg	wy031	1998	1:24000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MtA	48692	104719	3hz1	wy615	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	MtB	42235	104720	3hz2	wy615	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	MtC	12755	104721	3hz3	wy615	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Shingle loams, 3 to 10 percent slopes	MsC	8343	104718	3hz0	wy615	1965	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	MtD	2236	104722	3hz4	wy615	1965	1:20000
Mitchell-Shingle loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	MsA	1250	104717	3hyz	wy615	1965	1:20000
Dwyer and Mitchell soils, 10 to 15 percent slopes	DyD	1112	104694	3hy7	wy615	1965	1:20000
Nucla-Mitchell fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	31	6006	104821	3j2b	wy621	1980	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	25	3532	104814	3j23	wy621	1980	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	26	3166	104815	3j24	wy621	1980	1:24000
Nucla-Mitchell fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	32	2599	104822	3j2c	wy621	1980	1:24000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	27	1106	104816	3j25	wy621	1980	1:24000
Kim-Mitchell complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	78	818	104794	3j1g	wy621	1980	1:24000
Mitchell variant-Tassel variant fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	28	422	104817	3j26	wy621	1980	1:24000
Kim-Mitchell complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	73	35	104791	3j1c	wy621	1980	1:24000
Mitchell loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	19B	8616	104860	3j3l	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	19C	4949	104861	3j3m	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes	19D	2093	104862	3j3n	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	38	110	1414808	1jh6z	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	89	38	1415375	1jht8	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	91	17	1415377	1jhtb	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell-Epping complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	90	16	1415376	1jht9	wy715	1974	1:20000
Mitchell silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	147	5949	104948	3j6f	wy721	1994	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MITCHELL 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).