IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greys
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID081009
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID081009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956ID081009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34151
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.8608322
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0797195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet north and 120 feet west of the southeast corner of the NE 1/4 (as determined from fence corner)
  • Location Description: Teton County, Idaho, Teton SCD. About 5 miles east and 1 mile south of Felt.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID081—Teton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID767—Teton Area, Idaho and Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greys
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CXV-6B202
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CARU

    POTR5

    PRVI

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Populus tremuloides

    Prunus virginiana

    pinegrass

    quaking aspen

    chokecherry

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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

    3

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    2027

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    90

    483

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    3.9

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08259. Undecomposed aspen leaves.
    O2—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08260. Partially decomposed aspen leaves, twigs, and wood; matted.
    O2—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; moderate very fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08261
    A11—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08262
    A12—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08263. few small pockets of light-gray A2 material.
    A3A2—17 to 32 centimeters (6.7 to 12.6 inches); 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08264. pockets up to 1 inch across of A2 material which has some fine streaks throughout.
    B1A2—32 to 47 centimeters (12.6 to 18.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08265. the dominant B1 material contains irregular pockets spots, and lenses of the grayish A2 material; the A2 material is somewhat more prominent in the lower part. The lower 3 inches could have been separated as an A2B1 horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 189131; patchy - phpvsfiid 189131
    B21—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots and 21.0 roots; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08266. The upper part appears to be breaking to light gray A2 material.; continuous - phpvsfiid 189132; continuous - phpvsfiid 189133; continuous - phpvsfiid 189132; continuous - phpvsfiid 189133
    B22—70 to 101 centimeters (27.6 to 39.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08267. A badger hole in this and B21 horizons.; continuous - phpvsfiid 189135; patchy - phpvsfiid 189136; continuous - phpvsfiid 189138; continuous - phpvsfiid 189135; patchy - phpvsfiid 189136; continuous - phpvsfiid 189138
    B3—101 to 146 centimeters (39.8 to 57.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and slickensides (pedogenic) in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08268. patchy - phpvsfiid 189139; continuous - phpvsfiid 189140; patchy - phpvsfiid 189139; continuous - phpvsfiid 189140
    C1CA—146 to 217 centimeters (57.5 to 85.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08269
    C2CA—217 to 334 centimeters (85.4 to 131.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08270
    C3CA—334 to 372 centimeters (131.5 to 146.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A08271