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� Ot�ficial Stries Description - SAL[DA Series Page l ot�� <br /> � L(��;A:IUCI S�1i�CDA MN*Ir� <br /> , Established Series <br /> Rev. JFC-HRF <br /> 8/8� <br /> � SALIDA SERIES <br /> ' The Salida series consists of dee , excessivel drained soils that formed in sand -skeletal lacial <br /> P Y Y g <br /> ' outwash sediments with or without a thin loamy mantle. These soils are on outwash plains, valley trains, <br /> and moraines. They have very rapid permeability. Their slopes range from 0 to 40 percent. Mean annual <br /> precipitation is about 28 inches, and mean annual air temperature is about 47 degrees F. <br /> ' TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolis <br /> , TYPICAL PEDON: Salida gravelly sandy loam on a 4 percent convex slope in a cultivated field. <br /> (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.) <br /> � Ap--O to 7 inches; very dark gray (lOYR 3/1) gravelly sandy loam; dark grayish brown (lOYR 4/2) dry; <br /> weak medium granular structure; friable; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (7 to 10 inches thick) <br /> ' Bw--7 to 11 inches; dark brown(lOYR 4/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; common <br /> tongues of very dark grayish brown(lOYR 3/2); neutral; clear irregular boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick) <br /> , C--11 to 45 inches; variegated brown (lOYR 5/3), yellowish brown (lOYR 5/4, 5/6), and dark brown <br /> (lOYR 4/3) very gravelly coarse sand; few penetrations of gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; <br /> loose; slight effervescence; mildly alkaline. <br /> ' TYPE LOCATION: Wright County, Minnesota; about 6 miles west and 3 miles south of Delano; 440 <br /> feet west and 50 feet north of the center of sec. 35, T. 118 N., R. 26 W. <br /> ' RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The thickness of solum is 7 to 20 inches. The depth to free <br /> carbonates is 0 to 20 inches. The mollic epipedon is 7 to 14 inches thick. The control section has 35 to <br /> ' 85 percent coarse fragments of mixed lithology. It is mostly gravel and typically is 2 to 20 mm in size. <br /> The A horizon has value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 through 3. It is coarse sand, sand, loamy coarse <br /> ' sand, loamy sand, coarse sandy loam, or sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. It lacks or has a small <br /> amount of free carbonates. It is slightly acid through moderately alkaline. <br /> , The B horizon has value and chroma of 3 or 4. It is coarse sand, sand, loamy coarse sand, or loamy sand <br /> in the fine-earth fraction. It is slightly acid through moderately alkaline. <br /> ' The C horizon has value of 3 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 6. It is coarse sand or sand in the fine- <br /> earth fraction. It is mildly or moderately alkaline. <br /> ' COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family. H_awick soils are similar but <br /> have fewer coarse fragments. <br /> , <br /> http://ortho.ftw.nres.usda.gov/cgi-bin/osd/osdname.cgi?-P 6/17/2004 <br />