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KILKENNY SERIES The Kilkenny series consists of very deep, moderate y well drained soils that formed in a mantle of clayey glacial till or flow till and underlyi g loamy glacial till on moraines. These soils have moderately slow permeability. The r slopes range from 2 to 35 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 28 inches. an annual air temperature is about 48 degrees F. TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, mesic Ox aquic Vertic Hapludalfs TYPICAL PEDON: Kilkenny clay loam with a 15 ercent linear sideslope on a�lacial moraine in a pastured field. (Colors are for moist so' unless otherwise noted.) Ap--O to 9 inches; very dark brown(lOYR 2/2) clay loam, dark grayish brown(lOYR 4/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; com on very fine roots; about 2 percent gravel; moderately acid (pH 5.6); abrupt smooth bo ndayr. (6 to 10 inches thick) Btl--9 to 19 inches; brown(lOYR 4/3) silty clay lo ; moderately medium subangular blocky structure parting to moderately fine subangu ar blocky; firm; common fine and very fine roots; few distinct very dark brown(lOYR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds; about 3 percent gravel; strongly acid; gradual wavy oundary. Bt2--19 to 38 inches; brown(lOYR 4/3) clay loam; oderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; fi ; common very fine roots; common distinct very dark brown(lOYR 2/2) clay films on f ces of peds; about 5 percent gravel; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. Bt3--38 to 53 inches; brown(lOYR 4/3) clay loam; eak medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak fine subangular blocky; fi ; common distict very dark brown (lOYR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds; about 5 per ent gravel; few fine distict brown (7.SYR 4/4) Fe concentrations; moderately acid; gr ual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 20 to 40 inches.) 2BC--53 to 65 inches; light olive brown(2.SY 5/4) oam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; few distinct dark brown(lOYR 3/3) clay lms on faces of peds; friable; about 8 percent gravel; about 2 percent cobbles; few fine di tinct brown(7.SYR 4/4) Fe deletions; slightly effervescent; slightly alkaline; gradual wav boundary. 2G-65 to 80 inches; light olive brown(2.SY 5/4) lo m; massive; friable; few concentrations of light gray(2.SY 7/2) calcium carb nates in pores; brown(7.SYR 4/4) soft masses of iron-manganese in nodules; about 8 ercent gravel; about 2 percent cobbles; common medium prominent dark yellowis brown(lOYR 4/6) Fe concentrations and common medium distinct gray( .SY 5/1) Fe depletions; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline. TYPE LOCATION: Le Sueur County, Minnesota; about 3 miles west and 3 miles south of Montgomery; about 300 feet east and 800 feet no h of the southwest corner of Sec. �