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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> DsC2—Dresden silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2wspw <br /> Elevation: 750 to 1,180 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 31 to 35 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 48 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 132 to 185 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Dresden, eroded, and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Dresden, Eroded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Loamy glaciofluvial deposits over calcareous sandy and gravelly <br /> outwash <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap- 0 to 8 inches: silt loam <br /> Bt1 - 8 to 25 inches: clay loam <br /> 2Bt2-25 to 30 inches: gravelly sandy clay loam <br /> 2C-30 to 79 inches: stratified gravel to coarse sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 6 to 12 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: 29 to 40 inches to strongly contrasting textural <br /> stratification <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to <br /> high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 20 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 5.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 14 <br />