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VII .(b)(c)Imperfectly drainedTavistock (TA)Poorly drainedMaplewood (MA)40 to 100cm of sandy sediments oversilty clay loam and silty clay parentmaterials(a) Well drainedBookton (BO)(b) Imperfectly drainedBerrien (BE)(c) Poorly drainedWauseon (WU)VIII . Silty clay or clay parent materialswith one or more layers of heavy day(a) Moderately well drainedMelbourne (ME)(b) Imperfectly drainedEkfrid (EK)Ekfrid coarse phase (EK.C)Ekfrid loamy phase (EK.L)(c) Poorly drainedStrathbum (ST)Strathburn coarse phase (ST.C)Strathburn loamy phase (ST.L)IX.Sandy sediments over gravelly loamycoarse sand and gravelly coarse sandlacustrine beach parent materials(a) Rapidly drainedKintyre (KT)(b) Imperfectly drainedHighgate (HI)(c) Poorly drained Muirkirk (MK)C Soils Developed on Fluvial DepositsI . Less than 40 cm of sandy sedimentsIII .over gravelly fluvial outwash parentmaterials(a) Rapidly drainedBurford (BU)(b) Imperfectly drained IV.Brisbane (BI)II .40 to 100 cm of sandy sediments overgravelly fluvial outwash parentmaterials V.(a) Well drainedCaledon (CA)Caledon fine phase (CA.F)(b) Imperfectly drainedCamilla (CM)VI.Camilla loamy phase (CM.L)(c) Poorly drained Ayr (AY)Ayr fine phase (AY.F)Ayr loamy phase (AY.L)D. Soils Developed on Eolian DepositsI. Fine sand eolian parent materials(a) Rapidly drainedPlainfield (PF)(b) Imperfectly drainedWalsingham (WM)(c) Poorly drainedWaterin (WN)(d) Very poorly drainedSpringwater (SP)E. Soils Developed on Ice-contact StratifiedDrift DepositsI. Sandy sediments over stratifiedgravelly sand and sand parentmaterials, with gravel content andsand size of parent -materials highlyvariable(a) Rapidly drainedShedden (SH)(b) Imperfectly drainedMiddlemarch (MI)F. Miscellaneous Land Units1 .II.Soils developed on modem or recentalluvial deposits(a) Undifferentiated drainage andtextureAlluvium (AL)Soils developed on steeply slopingside walls of eroded channels(a) Undifferentiated drainage andtextureEroded Channel (ER)Areas of land which have beendisturbed, modified, or permanentlywithdrawn from agricultural use(a) UndifferentiatedNot Mapped (NM)Soils developed on organic deposits(a) Undifferentiated organicmaterial and mineral substratumOrganic (OR)Soils developed on steeply slopingcliffs and scarps(a) Undifferentiated drainage andtextureScarp (SC)Soils developed on steeply slopingside walls, and terrace or flood plainalluvial deposits composing creek andriver valleys(a) Undifferentiated drainage andtextureValley Complex (VC)
Table 3.Soils and land units mapped in Elgin County and their areal extentSoil or Land Total Area Soil or Land Total AreaUnit Name Symbol (ha) Unit Name Symbol (ha)Alluvium AL 14365 Kelvin KE 6802Ayr AY 63 Kelvin coarse phase KE .C 377Ayr fine phase AY.F 13 Kelvin loamy phase KE.L 1658Ayr loamy phase AY .L 12 Kelvin washed phase KE.W 43Bennington BN 21 Kintyre KT 1224Bennington till phase BN .T 367 Maplewood MA 300Berrien BE 4688 Maplewood till phase MA .T 225Berrien till phase BE.T 7022 Melbourne ME 15Beverly BV 5447 Middlemarch MI 123Beverly coarse phase BV .C 373 Muirkirk MK 27Beverly loamy phase BV .L 5094 Muriel MU 4184Bookton BO 61 Muriel loamy phase MU.L 429Bookton till phase BO.T 276 Muriel washed phase MU.W 86Brady BY 2191 Normandale NO 11370Brant BT 540 Not Mapped NM 6098Brantford BF 409 Organic OR 355Brantford coarse phase BF.C 49 Plainfield PF 11561Brantford loamy phase BF .L 112 Scarp SC 920Brisbane BI 127 Shedden SH 1936Burford BU 99 Silver Hill SL 640Caledon CA 474 Southwold SO 89Caledon fine phase CA.F 17 Springwater SP 32Camilla CM 284 Strathburn ST 689Camilla loamy phase CM .L 17 Strathburn coarse phase ST.C 13Churchville CH 57 Strathburn loamy phase ST.L 47Churchville peaty phase CH .P 30 St . Williams SW 3542Colwood CW 1307 Tavistock TA 3069Colwood coarse phase CW.C 17 Tavistock till phase TA.T 6455Colwood peaty phase CW.P 4 Toledo TO 2907Ekfrid EK 2472 Toledo coarse phase TO .C 291Ekfrid coarse phase EK.C 162 Toledo loamy phase TO .L 1028Ekfrid loamy phase EK .L 197 Tuscola TU 6318Eroded Channel ER 11252 Tuscola coarse phase TU.C 126Fox FX 949 Valley Complex VC 8772Frome FR 188 Vittoria VI 1584Frome peaty phase FR .P 69 Walsher WA 247Gobles GO 20299 Walsingham WM 11652Gobles coarse phase GO.C 409 Waterin WN 2628Gobles loamy phase GO.L 15902 Wattford WF 1510Gobles washed phase GO.W 283 Wauseon WU 510Granby GY 907 Wauseon till phase WU.T 873Highgate HI 759TOTAL 185,210
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Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
Page 5 and 6: Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
Page 7 and 8: LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index f
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Page 11 and 12: Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
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Page 15 and 16: Table 2.Correlation of major soils
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Page 19 and 20: HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
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erosion losses will occur . Potenti
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the average annual soil loss using
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Table 9 . Mean K values, K ranges a
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Table 10.LS values for different co
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Table 13.C values for common field
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Table 14 . C values for some field
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Table 16.C values for some common c
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GLOSSARYAlluvium materialBlanketCal
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ProminentmottlesRaised shorelineSoi
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4. Schut, L.W. and W.G. Stevens . 1
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APPENDIX 1Generalized Soil Informat
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BERRIEN SOIL TILL PHASE (BE.T)GENER
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BURFORD SOIL (BU)GENERALIZED PROFIL
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CAMILLA SOIL (CM)GENERALIZED PROFIL
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GOBLES SOIL (GO)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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KELVIN SOIL (KE)GENERALIZED PROFILE
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MAPLEWOOD SOIL - TILL PHASE (MA.T)G
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NORMANDALE SOIL (NO)GENERALIZED PRO
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STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PRO
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TOLEDO SOIL - COARSE PHASE (TO.C)GE
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WATTFORD SOIL (WF)GENERALIZED PROFI
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APPENDIX 2Field Identification of S
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5. Proceed to Figure 13 and determi
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Figure 13 : Field Site Key To Ident
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Figure 14 :Field Site Key To Identi
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Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Ident
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