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Map Unit Description: Crowfork loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes --Hennepin County, <br />Minnesota <br />Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />L4C—Crowfork loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: h4yz <br />Mean annual precipitation: 23 to 35 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 43 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 124 to 200 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Crowfork and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of <br />the mapunit. <br />Description of Crowfork <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills on stream terraces, hills on outwash plains <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Outwash <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 11 inches: loamy sand <br />E - 11 to 20 inches: loamy fine sand <br />E&Bt - 20 to 76 inches: loamy sand <br />C - 76 to 80 inches: sand <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 6 to 12 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Excessively drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): High to <br />very high (6.00 to 20.00 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: 15 percent <br />Available water storage in profile: Low (about 5.6 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br />Ecological site: Sandy Upland Savannas (Rl03XY019MN) <br />Forage suitability group: Sandy (G103XS022MN) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 2/20/2020 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />