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

STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Mainly very fine (heavy clay) textured lacustrine . materialDRAINAGEPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth to Organic -No. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % Cacl2 %Ap 12 24 0 8 1 36 55 C 4.9 6 .9 1 .1Bgl i l -44 0 4 0 31 65 HC 1.6 7 .0 0.6Bg2 8 72 0 3 0 31 66 HC 0.9 7.2 0.4Ckg 8 0 3 1 35 62 HC 0.2 7 .5 12.4STRATHBURN SOIL - COARSE PHASE (ST.C)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over mainly very fine (heavy clay)textured lacustrine materialPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toorganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %AP 4 19 1 71 7 15 14 FSL 2.1 7.2 0.9Bmgj 2 29 0 81 5 10 9 LS 0.8 7.2 1.0IICkg 4 0 2 0 32 66 HC 7 .7 27.5ST .WILLIAMS SOIL (SW)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse to medium (sandy to loamy) textured lacustrine materials with very fine sandcontent often exceeding 30%PoorMEAN HORIZON VALUES-DepthOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 16 26 0 70 23 19 11 FSL 4.5 6 .5 0.5Bg 1 14 55 1 72 33 18 9 VFSL 1.0 6.6 0.4Bg2 7 88 0 75 32 15 10 VFSL 0.5 6 .5 0.7Ckg 17 0 77 35 18 5 LFS 7.5 16.0