Laserfiche WebLink
Map Unit Description: Angus loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes—Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />L37B—Angus loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol. 2syrq <br />Elevation: 690 to 1,840 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 24 to 37 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 43 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 140 to 180 days <br />Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Angus and similar soils: 80 percent <br />Minor components: 20 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of <br />the mapunit. <br />Description of Angus <br />Setting <br />Landform: Ground moraines, hillslopes <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve, rise <br />Down-slope shape: Convex <br />Across -slope shape: Linear, convex <br />Parent material. Fine -loamy till <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 7 inches: loam <br />Bt - 7 to 37 inches: clay loam <br />BC - 37 to 50 inches: clay loam <br />C - 50 to 79 inches: loam <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): <br />Moderately high to high (0.20 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 39 to 51 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 <br />to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: High (about 10.3 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability class cation (nonirrigated): 2e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 10!8/2019 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />