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

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NORMANDALE SOIL (NO)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse to medium (sandy to loamy) textured lacustrine material with very fine sandcontent often exceeding 30%ImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES- Depth to OrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaC03Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % tune % CaCh.Ap 50 25 1 76 29 16 7 FSL 2.8 6 .3 0.5Bmgjl 41 53 1 79 35 15 6 LFS 0.8 6.4 0.3Bmgj2 13 70 0 79 36 15 6 LES 0.3 6 .0 0.1Btgj 23 74 1 74 30 14 12 VFSL 0.4 - 6 .5 0.1Ckgj 28 1 77 42 18 6 LFS 0.1 7 .5 15.0PLAINFIELD SOIL (PF)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse textured eolian fine sand or eolian modified lacustrine fine sand materialRapidMEAN HORIZON VALUESOrganicDepth toNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex - Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 28 22 0 88 15 8 4 FS 1.7 6 .3 0 .5Bml 27 52 0 92 14 6 2 FS 0.6 6.0 0.1Bm2 22 88 1 94 13 4 2 FS 0.2 6 .1 0.1Bt 8 90 0 82 18 10 8 LES 0.2 6 .3 0 .2Ck 15 0 93 .16 5 3 FS 7 .5 18.1
SHEDDEN SOIL (SH)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Ice-contact stratified drift material consisting mainly of coarse (sandy) texturedmaterial over stratified coarse textured gravelly sand and sand materialDRAINAGEHorizonNo . ofSamplesRapidDepth toHorizonBase (cm)MEAN HORIZON VALUESGravel Sand VF Sand Silt% % % %Clay%TextureeorganicMatter%pH inCaC12Ap 15 20 3 74 18 16 10 FSL 3.0 6.7 1.0Bra i l 48 4 84 18 i l 4 LFS 0.8 6.6 0.3Bt 11 68 4 74 19 10 17 FSL 0.5 6.9 0.4Ck 17 90 9 78 19 13 8 LFS - 7.6 18.1IICk 9 104 21 81 10 9 10 GLCS 7 .6 18 .4IIICk 4 1 73 35 20 7 VFSL 7.5 13 .7CaCO3%SILVER HILL SOIL (SL)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE40 to 100 cm of coarse (sandy) textured eolian or lacustrine material over medium(loamy) textured lacustrine materialPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepthto,OrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 5 27 0 76 12 15 9 FSL 4.1 6.5 0.8Bg 5 62 1 82 14 13 6 LFS 0.8 6.7 0.6Ckg 3 82 1 80 11 15 4 LS 7.5 16 .4IICkg 6 0 38 16 53 9 SIL 7.6 24.5SPRINGWATER SOIL (SP)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse textured eolian fine sand or eolian modified lacustrine fine sand materialVery poorMEAN HORIZON VALUES-Depthto-OrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaC03Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Ap 3 30 0 81 17 11 7 LFS 6.5 6.2Bgl 3 67 0 89 16 7 4 TS 1 .1 6.2 0.9Bg2 1 100 0 95 4 3 2 FS 0.5 0.0Ckg 3 0 97 . 20 2 2 FS 7.5 18 .3139
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The Soils ofElgin CountyVolume 1Min
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
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Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
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LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index f
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5. More detailed information for a
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Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
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Figure 4.Generalized geologic map o
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Table 2.Correlation of major soils
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Figure 6.Schematic landscape cross-
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HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
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of soil profiles and horizons which
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GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILSSo
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Table 3.Soils and land units mapped
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Figure 11 .Soil textural groups and
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phase (BN.T) soils were mapped in c
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underlying fine textured materials
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atings for selected special crops a
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Conservation tillage practices, par
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clay. The Ap horizons commonly have
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Gobles soils were frequently mapped
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Kelvin soils are susceptible to com
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Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
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soils which occur in the eastern po
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Bluish gray or gray gley colours ar
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Stanley till, Tavistock till phase
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to neutral in the Ap horizons, to m
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tillage practices, particularly no-
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Organic (OR)Organic land units usua
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eference and also Publication No .
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Procedure :1) Locate the symbols 'B
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Table 4.Agricultural alnd capabilit
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Soil Suitability ClassesDescription
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Procedure:1) Locate the symbols 'BV
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Table 6.Agricultural land suitabili
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 6 .Agricultural land suitabil
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Table 6. Agricultural land suitabil
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Page 106 and 107: erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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Page 120 and 121: GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
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Page 132 and 133: CAMILLA SOIL (CM)GENERALIZED PROFIL
Page 134 and 135: GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
Page 136 and 137: KELVIN SOIL (KE)GENERALIZED PROFILE
Page 138 and 139: MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)G
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