Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

4.11 NORTH MILFORD (Nm) (1315)


Definition
Major soil group: 04 pelosols Non-alluvial clayey soils that crack deeply in dry seasons, but are slowly permeable when wet. They have a coarse blocky or prismatic structure and no prominently mottled non-calcareous subsurface horizons within 40 cm depth.
Soil Group: 1 calcareous pelosols With calcareous subsoil and no clay-enriched subsurface horizon.
Soil Subgroup: 1 typical calcareous pelosols (Not subdivided below group level)
Soil Series: clayey stoneless drift

Alert ! - slowly permeable soils with seasonal wetness read the alert

Brief Profile Description
Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 0
Representative Profiles: 0
Auger Bores: 1
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