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Houghton, Klossner, and Muskego soils are mostly in depressions. Poorly drained Hamel <br /> soils are on foot and toe slopes. Moderately well drained Le Sueur and Nessel soils are on <br /> slightly elevated flats and gently convex slopes. <br /> DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Permeability is moderate. Runoff <br /> is medium to high. <br /> USE AND VEGETATION: Mostly cropped to corn and soybeans. Some is in pasture <br /> and forest. Native vegetation is savanna. <br /> DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South-central and east-central Minnesota and <br /> northeastern Iowa. Extensive. <br /> MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota <br /> SERIES ESTABLISHED: Dakota County, Minnesota, 1945. <br /> REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and featured recognized in this pedon are: mollic <br /> subgroup -the zone from the surface to 7 inches (Ap horizon); argillic horizon - the zone <br /> from 7 to 38 inches (Bt horizons). Type location moved from Waseca County, Mn. to <br /> Wright County, Mn., 11/96 to better exemplify the series concept within the MLRA. <br /> Slopes of 1 to 5 percent that were previously correlated as Lester may be included with <br /> the Angus series in the future. <br />