IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parnell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984ND067510
  • User Pedon ID: 1984ND067510
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1984ND067510
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 84ND067510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72284
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 47.9182010
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0179740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 sec.12, T.151N., R.58W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND067—Pembina
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND067—Pembina County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Timpson, J. Arndt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parnell
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parnell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1984 (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

    CAREX

    HOCU

    HOJU

    POPA2

    POPA2

    Carex

    Horkelia cuneata

    Hordeum jubatum

    Poa palustris

    Poa palustris

    sedge

    wedgeleaf horkelia

    foxtail barley

    fowl bluegrass

    fowl bluegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—81

    38—66

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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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    135

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1909; moist when described;
    E—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1910; moist when described;. Few fine distinct strong brown (10yr5/6) channel ferrans.
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1911; moist when described;. Few fine distinct strong brown (10yr5/6) channel ferrans.
    Bt2—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1912; moist when described;. Few fine distinct strong brown (10yr5/6) channel ferrans.
    Bw1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1913; moist when described;
    Bw2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1914, NDSU1915; moist when described;