IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greys
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID081010
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID081010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956ID081010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34150
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.8719444
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1191635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW corner of the SW1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: Teton County, Idaho, Teton SCD. About 3 miles east of Felt.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID081—Teton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID767—Teton Area, Idaho and Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greys
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CXV-6B177
  • 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

    5

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    1920

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    0

    483

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    3.9

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    Aoo—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08239. Freshly fallen and undecomposed leaves, twigs, wood, and grass.
    Ao1—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08240. Partially decomposed, friable leaves, twigs, wood, and grass; few spots of fungi.
    Ao2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08241
    A11—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak very thin platy parts to moderate and strong very fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08242
    A12—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08243
    A13—16 to 25 centimeters (6.3 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08244. contains few 1 to 2 inch splotches of grayish-brown A2 material, which is very dark grayish-black concretions.
    B1A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08245. The browner material has thin occasional clay films on vertical surfaces and in pores; also some A2 specking in the browner material.
    A2B1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); 40 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08246. There is considerable variation in the quantity of brown and grayer materials, but the materials are commonly splotched.
    B21—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam, silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08247. thick, light-gray silty specking in vertical cracks—in upper parts some penetrates the cavities.; continuous - phpvsfiid 189143; continuous - phpvsfiid 189143
    B22—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam, silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08248. continuous - phpvsfiid 189144; continuous - phpvsfiid 189145; continuous - phpvsfiid 189144; continuous - phpvsfiid 189145
    B23—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine pores; brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08249. in the lower half, moderate, light-gray silty specking on vertical cracks.; continuous - phpvsfiid 189146; continuous - phpvsfiid 189146
    B31—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam, silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08250. continuous - phpvsfiid 189147; patchy - phpvsfiid 189148; continuous - phpvsfiid 189147; patchy - phpvsfiid 189148
    B32A2b—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam, silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08251
    A2bB1b—183 to 193 centimeters (72.0 to 76.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; medium platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08252
    B1b—193 to 213 centimeters (76.0 to 83.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A08253. patchy - phpvsfiid 189149; patchy - phpvsfiid 189149
    B2b—213 to 246 centimeters (83.9 to 96.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam, silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08254
    Bcab—246 to 284 centimeters (96.9 to 111.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08255. slightly calcareous with moderate lime veining.
    C1—284 to 297 centimeters (111.8 to 116.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A08256. noncalcareous except for very few lime veins. No sample.
    CD—297 to 310 centimeters (116.9 to 122.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08257. Similar to 110-115"" layer except mixed with some rhyolite fragments. No sample.
    D—310 to 310 centimeters (122.0 to 122.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A08258. Rhyolite bedrock. No sample.