IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parnell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85ND005513
  • User Pedon ID: 85ND005513
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 85ND005513
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 85ND005513
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72221
  • Print Date: 5/2/2025

    • 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: 48.2307901
  • Std. Longitude: -99.7391649
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NW1/4, NW1/4, SW1/4 of section 24, T.155 N., R.71 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND005—Benson
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND005—Benson County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Loken
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parnell
  • PSC - 71 to 201 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1985
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • 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

    ALISM

    Alisma

    water plantain

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

    mollic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    argillic horizon

    0—206

    25—0

    71—206

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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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    A—0 to 71 centimeters (0.0 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1637, NDSU1638, NDSU1634, NDSU1635, NDSU1636; wet when described;
    OC—25 to 0 centimeters (9.8 to 0.0 inches); black (N 2/0) peat; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; wet when described;
    Btg—71 to 206 centimeters (28.0 to 81.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) silty clay; 1 percent fine faint mottles; moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1639; wet when described;