IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parnell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 56ND081004
  • User Pedon ID: 56ND081004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 56ND081004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32631
  • 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: 46.0805556
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6200000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 430 feet east and 110 feet south of north quarter corner of Section 18, T.130N., R.55W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND081—Sargent
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wesley M. Larsen
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parnell
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1956
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1956 (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

    SPPE

    Spartina pectinata

    prairie cordgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—140

    28—86

    112—127

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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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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00636
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2/0); weak angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00637
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); black (N 2/0); strong angular blocky structure; firm; fragments wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00638
    Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); black (5Y 2/1); strong angular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00639. continuous - phpvsfiid 89790; continuous - phpvsfiid 89790
    Bt3—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); black (5Y 2/1); strong angular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00640. continuous - phpvsfiid 89791; continuous - phpvsfiid 89791
    C1—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); black (5Y 2/2); weak angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00641
    C2—130 to 142 centimeters (51.2 to 55.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2); strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00642
    2Cg—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 21 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) prominent mottles; fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00643