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Map Unit Description: Lerdal loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes ---Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />Hennepin County, Minnesota <br />L35A—Lerdal loam, 7 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol. h63c <br />Elevation: 820 to 1,080 feet <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: All areas are prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Lerdal 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 Lerdal <br />Setting <br />Landform: Moraines <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material., Glaciofluvial and reworked till over till <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 13 inches: loam <br />Bt, Big - 13 to 47 inches: clay loam <br />Bk - 47 to 60 inches: loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water <br />(Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 20 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 25 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum content. 1 percent <br />Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: 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: F103XY026MN - Clayey Upland Forests <br />Forage suitability group: Level Swale, Acid (G103XS005MN) <br />Other vegetative classification: Level Swale, Acid (G103XS005MN) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Bridget Taylor <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 2/15/2022 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />