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RANGK IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to the 2C hori/on rani:cN Imm 20 to 40 inches. TIte soUmi rjn^cv from sliehtly jcid to moderately alkaline Rock fragments, dominantly gravel, ranges from 0 to 5 percent by volume tnroughoat the pedon. The Ap horizon ha.s hue of lOYR. value of 2 or 2. and chroma of I or 2 It is sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy s.ind. fine sand, or sand. A thin AE horizon is present in some pedors The Bg horizon has hue of lOYR or 2 5Y. value of 4 to 6. and chroma of I or 2. It is loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, or sand The C horizon h.is hue of lOYR to 5Y. value of 4 to 6. and chroma of I to 3 It is loamy fine sand. loamy sand, fine sand, or sand. It is mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline and ha.s slight to strong effervescence. The 2C honzon has hue of lOYR to 5Y. or is neutral; value of 4 to 6. .and chroma of 0 to 6. It IS clay loam, loam. siU loam, or silty clay loam. Thin lenses of fine sand or sand are in some pedons COMPETI.NG SERIES: There are no competing scries Similar soils .ire the Breckenridee. Brevort. Burleigh. Corunna. Edmore. F.SscwilU*. Gr.nnby. Pinconning. Roscommon, and Wauseon scries. Breckcnridge. Be.or... .* *.Mgh. Pinconning. and Roscommon soils have frigid temperatures. The Breckenndge and Coi-.nna soils are coarse-loamy. Edmore soils do not have mollic cpipcdons and are sandy Esscwille soils are calcareous. Granby soils are sandy. Wauseon soils arc coarse-loamy over clayey GEOCRrVPHlC SETTING: BellcviUc soils arc on nearly level lake plains and till plains. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. The soils formed in sandy glaciofluvium underlain by lo.nmy glacial or lacustrine sediments at depths of 20 to 40 inches. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 29 to 37 inches, and the mean annual temperature ranges from 46 to 50 degrees F. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: The ueil drained and moderately well drained Metea soils and somewhat poorly diaincd Selfridge soils are in a drainage sequence with Belleville soils. In most landscapes with the Belleville soils are the Corunna. Granbv. Oakville. Pewamo. Tedtow. and Thetford soils. The Oaks ille and Tedrow soils do not have loamy material The Pew.nmo soils do not have sandy matenal. The Thetford DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly and very poorly drained Surface runoff IS very slow or ponded. Perm.eabiliiy is rapid in the sandy horizons end moderately slow in the 2C horizon. USE AND VEGETATION: The greater part of these soils is cropped to com. soybeans, and small grains. A few areas of these soils arc in pasture, idle land, woodland, truck crops, or sod production. The wooded areas are chiefly lowland hardwoods. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The southeastern pan of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The series is of moderate extent.