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».i^:c J I’rol iminai*y Soil and of the Victoria Grain Co. Sulxlivision in Orono n Medium Blue Mediiin Blue Medium Red Medium Red A brief description oi each soil is jirovidcd. Mip symbols and colors are provided to facilitate locating the soil tyj'.es on the detailed soil map provided with this report. 1. Glencoe silty clav loajn: The map symbol for this soil is Gc and the map color is mediim blue. This soil is deep and very poorly drained, 'fhe soil was formed in loamy colluvium over calcareous loamy till. The soil is nearly level occupying depressions and sluggish drainageways. Site development characteristics are generally unfavorable. The watertable is above or near the surface the entire year and the soil has low soil strength. 2. Hamel loam: The map syiabol for this soil is Ha ;md the map color is medium blue. This is a deep, well-drained loam soil that occurs in short, narrow drainageways on foot slopes and in long winding drainageways between knolls and hills. During wet periods of the year there is a perclied watertable within 1 foot of the surface. These soils are often wet for a good portion of the year. They are also subject to ponding and the upper horizons are high in organic matter content giving them low bearing values. There is also a iiigh potential for frost action to roads or parking lots constructed on these soils. 3. Kilkenny loam: This is a deep well-drained soil that formed in calcareous shaly loam or clay loam till. These soils occur on convex slopes of smooth irregular hills at the highest elevations in the county. The native vegetation was mixed hardwoods and a grass understor)^ Several slope phases of this soil are mapped in the area of proposed development. Each slope phase is discussed separately. a). Kilkenny loam - 2 to 6 percent slope: Tlie map symbol for this soil is KkB and the map color is medium red. This is a gently undulating soil that occupies areas on knolls and hillsides. The rolling slopes provide building sites with scenic views. The soil is never saturated but sidehill scops :ind wet spots near the l)ase of the slope can occur and be expected to persist for a few weeks following a wet period. The soil has very slow infiltration rates. b). Kilkenny loam - 6 to 12 nercent slope: Ilie map s>*mbol for this soil is KkC and tlie map color is medium red. This is a rolling soil oceui)ying areas on knolls and hill sides. The rolling slopes offer attractiv’’c building sites. Soil strengtii is adecjuate. The soil never becomes saturated. i • «