Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NEON - United States of America

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Basic Information
Site Name
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NEON
Short name
NOGP
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://www.neonscience.org/field-sites/nogp
Site Manager
Andrea Anteau
Site Description
The Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory (NOGP) is a terrestrial NEON field site located 9.6 km (6 mi.) west of Bismarck, North Dakota. The sampling area is about 6 km2 (1483 acres), placed on land that has been managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) for over 100 years. The site is full of sprawling grassland vegetation which represent much of NEON's 770,995 km2 (190.5 million acre) Northern Plains Domain (D09), NEON's second largest Domain. D09 includes two other terrestrial field sites and two aquatic field sites. NOCP is not colocated with an aquatic site.
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2025-09-17 15:37:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON✔ (NOGP)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
NOGP tower and landscape
NOGP tower and landscape
NOGP Soil Array
NOGP Soil Array
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.76972 Longitude: -100.91535

Size
ca. 558.00ha
Elevation (average)
589.00msl
Elevation (min)
517.00msl
Elevation (max)
592.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.90°C
Precipitation Annual
457.00mm
Geology
NOGP sits above the Oahe Formation, a geologic formation from the late Quaternary age consisting predominately of wind-blown silt.
Vegetation
The Great Plains region is dominated by native grasslands, tame grasses, legumes, and many species of wildflowers. Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis L.) and Kentucky blue grass (Poa pretensis L.) dominate the NOGP tower area along with various crop species planted depending on type of research being conducted in the field site. The five most common species within NOGP include Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.), Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), Snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.), Green Needlegrass (Nassella viridula (Trin.)), and Smooth Brome (Bromus inemis Leyss).
Soils
Soils at NOGP are nearly all Mollisols, which is characteristic of prairie grasslands. They are part of the subgroup Typic Argiustolls and have surface horizons that are dark and mollic with a thickness of 18-89 cm (7-35 in.). A small area of a shallow entisol of the Cabba series also exists at the site. Parent materials are sedimentary sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, and shale.
Hydrology
NOGP has vast spanses of prairie potholes across its landscape. Prairie potholes are both seasonal and year-long depressional freshwater wetlands that fill with snowmelt and rain during spring and summer storms.
Site Type
Non-stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
Yes
Permanent Operation
No