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The Soils of Middlesex County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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DETAILED PROFILE DESCRIPTIONS AND ANALYSES<br />

EKFRID SOIL ONTARIO 1987 PROFILE NO. TPHDO19<br />

LOCATION Ekfdd Township, RangeIII South, Lot 12, NTSMap Area 40I/12,17TPT5245 3252<br />

ELEVATION<br />

SHE<br />

LANDFORM AND<br />

PARENT MATERIALS<br />

SLOPE<br />

SOIL WATER REGIME<br />

STONINESS<br />

CLASSIFICATION<br />

STATUS<br />

206 metres<br />

Row crop<br />

Level to nearly level glaciolacustrine clay plain<br />

1.5% complex<br />

Imperfectly drained, conductivity low, saturation period medium<br />

Nonstony<br />

Gleyed Brunisolic Gray Brown Luvisol<br />

Typical, clay-enriched, Btgj horizon is just below theminimum 60% clay contentrequired forheavy clay textures<br />

Depth Colour<br />

(range) moist<br />

Horizon cm dry Texture Primary Structure Secondary Structure Consistence Mottles<br />

Ap 0-20 10YR3/2m SIC strong, medium, strong, medium, fine, very sticky,<br />

(18-25) prismatic subangular blocky very plastic<br />

Bmgj 20-33 10YR5/2m SIC strong, very coarse, strong, medium, very fine, very many, fine,<br />

(12-15) subangular blocky subangular blocky sticky, very plastic prominent,<br />

7.5YR5/6<br />

Btgj 33-50 10YR4/3m C strong, medium, strong, medium, very fine, very common, fine,<br />

(6-17) ' prismatic subangular blocky sticky, very plastic prominent,<br />

7.5YR5/8<br />

Ckgj 50-61 10YR5/3m SIC strong, medium, strong, fine, very fine, very common, fine,<br />

(11-22) prismatic subangular blocky sticky,very plastic prominent,<br />

10YR5/6<br />

Ckg 61-90 10YR5/3m SIC strong, medium, strong, fine, very fine, very common, fine,<br />

prismatic subangular blocky sticky, very plastic prominent,<br />

10YR5/6<br />

Horizon<br />

Depth<br />

cm<br />

Grav.<br />

d<br />

mm<br />

VCS<br />

2-1<br />

mm<br />

S<strong>and</strong> Fraction %<br />

CS MS<br />

1- .5 5- .25<br />

mm mm<br />

FS<br />

.25-.1<br />

mm<br />

VFS<br />

.1-.05<br />

mm<br />

S<strong>and</strong><br />

ok<br />

Silt<br />

orb<br />

Clay<br />

%<br />

Fine<br />

Clay<br />

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