IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parnell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016ND083001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016ND083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N1848
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85222
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 47.6024750
  • Std. Longitude: -100.4085620
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND083—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DVL—Devils Lake, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND083—Sheridan County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Perry Sullivan, Kyle Thomson, Alan Gulsvig, Ruth Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parnell
  • PSC - 45 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/2016
  • Classifier - Kyle Thomson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local alluvium
  • Landform: depression, till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: P. Sullivan, K. Thomson, A. Gulsvig, R. Anderson
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—45

    45—60

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    —15—
    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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    A1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many very fine dendritic tubular and common very coarse dendritic tubular and many fine dendritic tubular and common coarse dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08494; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—16 to 37 centimeters (6.3 to 14.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; many very fine dendritic tubular and many fine dendritic tubular and few coarse dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08495; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—37 to 45 centimeters (14.6 to 17.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; common very fine dendritic tubular and common fine dendritic tubular and few coarse dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N08496; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common very fine dendritic tubular and common fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent medium light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08497; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—60 to 110 centimeters (23.6 to 43.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent fine masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08498; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—110 to 148 centimeters (43.3 to 58.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) loam; 18 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine dark greenish gray (5BG 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron lining pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08499; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—148 to 200 centimeters (58.3 to 78.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 16N08500; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket