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1 ' <br /> � �.r.. . <br /> :DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained. Surface runoff is low. Permeahility. is <br /> moderately slow. <br /> U�E 1�ND'VEGETATION:Most of the soil is cleared., drained and cropped to�corn and <br /> soS�beans. A f�w areas remain in woodlots or permanent pasture.Native vegetation was northern <br /> . hardwoods,largely basswoc�d, maple, and elm,and an understory of grasses and sedges, <br /> DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South-centrai Minnesofa and north-central Iowa.Extensive. <br /> IVYLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: St.Paul,Minnesota <br /> � SERIES ESTABLISHED: Waseca County,Minnesota, 1963. <br /> REMARSSs Diagnostic horizons and features recognized are: IVIollic epipedon from 0 to 18 <br /> inches (Ap and AB horizons); argillic horiaon'from .l$to 38 inches(Btg1 and Btg2 horizons),- <br /> aquic�moisture r���ime-low chroma with redox features beneaEh the mollic epipedon. <br /> ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to pedon 69 MN-7-1.1 for results of some laboratory analysis of <br /> the typical pedon of.this series. <br /> HAIVIEL SERIES � <br /> The Hame4 series consists of very deep,poorly drained and somawhat poorl}�drained soils that formed in slope <br /> : colluvium and glacial till-on moraines.These soils have modecately slo�v permeability.Their slopes range from 1 to <br /> 4 percent.IVlean$nnual precipitation is abouk 28 inches.Meari annuaT air femperature is about 47 degrees E; <br /> � TAXONOMTC CLASS:Fine-loamy, mixed,superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls <br /> . TYPICAL PEDOI�: Hamel loam with a 2 percent concave 5lope on a glacial moraine in a � <br /> cultivated field. (Golors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.� � <br /> tk:p--O to 10 inches;black(lOYR 2/I)loam,very dark brown (lOYR�,/2) dry; wea�very fine : <br /> subangular blocky structure;friable;common very fine roots; about 7 percentgravel; neutral; <br /> abrupt smooth boundary. . <br /> A--10 to 16 inches;black (1OYR 2/l) 1oam;very dark b ay(lOYR 371) d.ry,; weak•very�ne <br /> suban�ular blocky structure; friable; common very f ne�oots; about 4 percent a a�el;neutral; <br /> gradual smooth boandary. (Combined thickness ofA horizon is 14 to 3.0 inches.) . <br /> A:B--16 to 24 inehes; very dark gray (lOYR 3/1)clay loam, dark grayish brown (lOYR 4/2) dry;, <br /> many�ne prominent brown(7.SYR 4/4)Fe concentrations; moderate fine angular blocky <br /> structure.; friable; common very fine roots;about 4 per.cent gravel;neutral; a adual wavy <br /> boundary. (O to .10 inches thick.) - <br />