IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970SD019003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970SD019003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970SD019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37086
  • 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: 44.7647209
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0008316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,800 feet west and 500 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD019—Butte
  • MLRA: 61—Black Hills Foot Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD019—Butte County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. T. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, acid, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graner
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graner
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: louderback
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ANDRO2

    ANHA

    PASM

    Andropogon

    Andropogon hallii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    bluestem

    sand bluestem

    western wheatgrass

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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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    969

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    45

    330

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    7.8

    20.6

    -4.4

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine granular structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18718
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18719
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18720
    C2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18721
    C3—48 to 97 centimeters (18.9 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18722
    C4—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A18723
    C5—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18724