Soil Survey of McHenry County, Illinois Part I - Soil Data Mart

Table 17.--Water Management
(Some terms that describe restrictive soil features are defined in the Glossary. See text for definitions of "slight,"
"moderate," and "severe." Absence of an entry indicates that the soil was not evaluated. The infomation in this table
indicates the dominant soil condition but does not eliminate the need for onsite investigation)
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Limitations for-- | Features affecting--
Map symbol | Pond | Embankments, | Aquifer-fed | | | Terraces |
and soil name | reservoir | dikes, and | excavated | Drainage | Irrigation | and | Grassed
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| areas | levees | ponds | | | diversions | waterways
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59A: | | | | | | |
Lisbon----------|Moderate: |Moderate: |Severe: |Frost action---|Wetness--------|Erodes easily, |Wetness,
| seepage. | hard to pack, | no water. | | | wetness. | erodes easily,
| | wetness. | | | | | rooting depth.
| | | | | | |
59B: | | | | | | |
Lisbon----------|Moderate: |Moderate: |Severe: |Frost action, |Slope, |Erodes easily, |Wetness,
| seepage, | hard to pack, | no water. | slope. | wetness. | wetness. | erodes easily,
| slope. | wetness. | | | | | rooting depth.
| | | | | | |
60C2: | | | | | | |
La Rose---------|Moderate: |Moderate: |Severe: |Deep to water |Slope, |Favorable------|Rooting depth.
| slope. | piping. | no water, | | rooting depth.| |
| | | slow refill. | | | |
| | | | | | |
62A: | | | | | | |
Herbert---------|Moderate: |Moderate: |Severe: |Frost action---|Wetness, |Erodes easily, |Wetness,
| seepage. | piping, | slow refill. | | rooting depth.| wetness. | erodes easily,
| | wetness. | | | | | rooting depth.
| | | | | | |
67A: | | | | | | |
Harpster--------|Moderate: |Severe: |Moderate: |Ponding, |Ponding--------|Ponding--------|Wetness.
| seepage. | ponding. | slow refill. | frost action. | | |
| | | | | | |
87A: | | | | | | |
Dickinson-------|Severe: |Severe: |Severe: |Deep to water |Soil blowing |Too sandy, |Favorable.
| seepage. | seepage, | no water. | | | soil blowing. |
| | piping. | | | | |
| | | | | | |
87B: | | | | | | |
Dickinson-------|Severe: |Severe: |Severe: |Deep to water |Slope, |Too sandy, |Favorable.
| seepage. | seepage, | no water. | | soil blowing. | soil blowing. |
| | piping. | | | | |
| | | | | | |
87B2: | | | | | | |
Dickinson-------|Severe: |Severe: |Severe: |Deep to water |Slope, |Too sandy, |Favorable.
| seepage. | seepage, | no water. | | soil blowing. | soil blowing. |
| | piping. | | | | |
| | | | | | |
100A: | | | | | | |
Palms-----------|Severe: |Severe: |Severe: |Ponding, |Ponding, |Erodes easily, |Wetness,
| seepage. | piping, | slow refill. | subsides, | soil blowing. | ponding, | erodes easily,
| | ponding. | | frost action. | | soil blowing. | rooting depth.
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