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� Of�ticial Scries Description - SALIDf� S�ries Pa�t 2 ot 2 <br /> ' GEOGRAPH[C SETTING: These soils have convex s(opes on valley trains and glacial outwash plains <br /> anci moraines. Slope gradients range from 0 to 40 percent. The soils formed in sandy-skeletal outwash <br /> , with or without a thin loamy mantte. These sediments are Late Wisconsin in age. Mean annual <br /> temperature is approximately 45 to 52 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is approximately 26 to <br /> 32 inches. <br /> , GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: The main ones are Estherville and Wadena soils, <br /> which formed over similar textured outwash but have a thicker loamy mantle. <br /> , DRAINAGE AND PERMEABIGITY: Excessively drained. Permeability is very rapid. Surface runoff <br /> is slow. <br /> , USE AND VEGETATION: Usually too droughty for general farm crops. They are used mostly for hay <br /> or pasture or as a source of gravel. Native vegetation was tall grass prairie. <br /> , DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South-central and east-central Minnesota and northcentral Iowa. <br /> Moderate extent. <br /> , MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota <br /> � SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wright County, Minnesota, 1965. <br /> , National Cooperative Soil Survey <br /> U.S.A. <br /> ' <br /> ' <br /> ' <br /> , <br /> ' <br /> , <br /> , <br /> ' <br /> ' <br /> http://ortho.ftw.nres.usda.gov/cgi-bin/osd/osdname.cgi?-P 6/17/2004 <br />