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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Dane County, Wisconsin <br /> BbB—Batavia silt loam, gravelly substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: t919 <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 28 to 33 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 135 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Batavia, gravelly substratum, and similar soils: 100 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Batavia, Gravelly Substratum <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Outwash plains <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Deep loess over loamy outwash <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 10 inches: silt loam <br /> H2- 10 to 44 inches: silty clay loam <br /> H3-44 to 50 inches: gravelly clay loam <br /> H4- 50 to 60 inches: gravelly coarse sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 2 to 6 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to <br /> high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Available water storage in profile: High (about 9.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Other vegetative classification: High AWC, adequately drained (G095BY008WI) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 13 <br />