Soil Series Atlas

Barnes soil series

Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludolls

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBw1Subsoil · color or structure change18–28 cm · 7–11 inBw2Subsoil · color or structure change28–48 cm · 11–19 inBkSubsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up48–94 cm · 19–37 inCParent material94–152 cm · 37–60 in050100150cmApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBw1Subsoil · color orstructure change18–28 cm · 7–11 inBw2Subsoil · color orstructure change28–48 cm · 11–19 inBkSubsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up48–94 cm · 19–37 inCParent material94–152 cm · 37–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 5 horizons.

Mollisols — soils with a thick, dark, organic-rich topsoil

Barnes is mapped on 1.88 million acres in 3 states, 44th nationally by area. In North Dakota only three series cover more ground. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Hapludolls. It is the largest of the 7 established series in its family.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained

Compare with another seriesSimilar series in the finder

Where Barnes is mapped

1,882,539 acres in 69 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesota: 208,156 acresNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth Dakota: 1,295,079 acresOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth Dakota: 379,304 acresTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Barnes acres

  1. North Dakota69%
  2. South Dakota20%
  3. Minnesota11%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep
Parent material
Glacial till
Landform
Till plains, moraines
Type location
North Dakota

How it is classified

  1. OrderMollisols
  2. SuborderUdolls
  3. Great groupHapludolls
  4. SubgroupCalcic Hapludolls
  5. FamilyFine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludollsfine-loamy particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classfrigid soil temperature regime

Against other Mollisols

Barnes makes up 0.43% of all mapped Mollisols — the 14th largest of 7,593 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

94 cm under a median of 104 cm

Depth to the subsoil

18 cm under a median of 25 cm

Its relatives

6 other established series share the family “Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Hapludolls”

  1. Barnes1.9 M
  2. Hokans299 k
  3. Vienna155 k
  4. Byrne52 k
  5. Doland34 k
  6. Venagro2 k
  7. Doburg896

Other Mollisols in this atlas

  1. Barnes152 cm · Calcic Hapludolls
  2. Williams152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  3. Ector102 cm · Lithic Calciustolls
  4. Harney152 cm · Typic Argiustolls
  5. Pullman203 cm · Torrertic Paleustolls
  6. Tarrant76 cm · Lithic Calciustolls

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
Bw1Subsoil: color or structure change18–28 cm7–11 in10 cm
Bw2Subsoil: color or structure change28–48 cm11–19 in20 cm
BkSubsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up48–94 cm19–37 in46 cm
CParent material94–152 cm37–60 in58 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2011-09), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides