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Map Unit Description: Shorewood silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes --Hennepin County, <br />AA'nnncnb <br />Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />L26B—Shorewood silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: h4xb <br />Elevation: 900 to 1,200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 25 to 34 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 43 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 124 to 172 days <br />Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Shorewood 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 Shorewood <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills on moraines, hills on lake plains <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Lacustrine sediments over till <br />Typical profile <br />Ap.A,AB - 0 to 17 inches: silty clay loam <br />Bt - 17 to 39 inches: silty clay <br />2BCg,2Cg - 39 to 60 inches: loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 6 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Moderately well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Moderately high (0.20 to 0.60 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 18 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 20 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum in profile: 1 percent <br />Available water storage in profile: High (about 10.2 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D <br />Ecological site: Clayey Upland Savannas (R103XY021MN) <br />Forage suitability group: Sloping Upland, Neutral (G103XS002MN) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />vsti Natural Resources Web Soil Survev 10115/2018 <br />20�m Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />