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Soils and Vegetation data for the shoreland :areas were also used in lake <br />class determination. Soils are closely related to natural vegetation and <br />topograpilic conditions. This information was applied subjectively when the <br />four preceetding criteria alone (lid not determine a category for a particular <br />lake. Soil types are an important indication of lakeshore quality and suita- <br />1)iIity for development. 'Their occurrence often dictates the placement of <br />iiuildings and soil absorption sewage treatment systems. 'These physical char- <br />:icteristics w,.-rr considered in the ir.ocess in the follo,,ing <br />r:;►nner: <br />`:I: llct, Ciay nl- No Trees or Flat <br />S'I•ruhs <br />RU or A) ilecidiou:; or Abderate <br />Co:iiferous Trees to Steep <br />These detvrminations ,+ere hlsed (anon engineering capabilities of the soil <br />t%Z)es and land slope,,. Ilere again, thi.: att_ript wa.; made to limit development in <br />Irnsuitahle areas. <br />RESULTS Or' THE CL11SSIFICATIO'1 <br />kppruxi!a,rtely 10,2rr0 lake basins and approxim►tcly ':�,i)i)0 miles of rivers <br />and streams in the state were classified under the -horcland management program. <br />Almost 9,700 of these basins were classified for the county program and over <br />added in the p�rnii ipal progr.rm. 5incr. the amount of information avail- <br />rr! r;rs not constant for ill Wdies of cater, the i la4si ficat. iorr process had <br />