IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bowbells
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79ND015011
  • User Pedon ID: 79ND015011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0244
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48022
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.9119444
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6152778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5 miles north and 5 miles east of Bismarck. 2050 feet east and 685 feet north of the southwest corner, Section 26, T.140N., R.79W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.A. Hill, C.W. Tuve, and Robert Heil
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bowbells
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01329
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01330
    Bt2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01331. continuous - phpvsfiid 89859; continuous - phpvsfiid 89859
    Bk1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01332
    Bk2—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01333
    Cr—132 to 213 centimeters (52.0 to 83.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 80P01334