IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Griffy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954WY013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1954WY013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954WY013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3446
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38561
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 43.0750008
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4619446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: near southeast corner northeast quarter
  • Location Description: approximately .4 mile northeast of junction of U.S. 26 and Paradise Valley Road
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY013—Fremont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY677—Fremont County, Wyoming, Lander Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Griffy
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHNA

    ARTEM

    BOGR2

    CAREX

    Achnatherum

    Artemisia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex

    needlegrass

    sagebrush

    blue grama

    sedge

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26693. the upper 1/16-or 1/8-inch is nearly a white when dry and forms a vesicular crust that is very fragile and easily broken; there are a few small pebbles scattered on the surface of this location.
    B21t—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse columnar parts to moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A26694. platy structure is easily seen in this horizon but the coarse columns with slightly rounded tops are the primary structure; there are a few very weak and very thin patchy clay skins visible under the hand lens.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187036; patchy - phpvsfiid 187036
    B22t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse columnar parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26695. the tops of the aggregates in this horizon are slightly rounded. This structure most easily seen when the horizon above has been brushed away; a few weak clay skins.
    B3ca—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26696. the horizon contains some small calcium carbonate concretions; contains a few small gravels.
    C1ca—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive, and weak very coarse subangular blocky; very hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26697. the horizon contains much accumulated lime principally as lime flour; horizon contains a few small gravel fragments.
    C2ca—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26698. the horizon contains much accumulated lime principally as lime flour; the horizon contains moderate amounts of gravel.
    IIC3ca—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive, and single grain; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26699. the horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour.