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LIST OF TABLES1 . Climate data for Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 92 . Correlation of major soils and land units with physiography and surficialgeology in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 . Soils and land units mapped in Elgin County and their areal extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234. Agricultural land capability ratings for common field crops in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 . Special crop groups in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616. Agricultural land suitability ratings for some vegetable crops, in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657. Agricultural land suitability ratings for special field crops in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788. Agricultural land suitability ratings for some fruit and nut crops in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . 909 . Mean K values, K ranges and potential erosion classes of surface materials forsoils of Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ : . - . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 10810 . LS values for different combinations of slope length and slope gradient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11011 . Generalized LS values for Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11012 . Potential soil erosion losses for given K values and slope , ,conditions in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11113 . C values for common field crops in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11214 . C values for some field crops followed by a winter cover crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11415 . C values for some specialty crops in Elgin County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11516 . C values for some common crop rotations in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11617. P values for conservation or management practices in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11718. Guidelines for assessing potential soil erosion classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
LIST OF FIGURES1 . Soil map index for Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2. General location of Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103. Main built-up areas, roads and municipal boundaries of Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104. Generalized geologic map of Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115. Generalized physiographic map of Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116. Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soils that oftenoccur near major river valleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157. Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soils that oftenoccur near transition areas between glacial till and lacustrine geologic materials . . . . . . . . . . . 158. Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soils that oftenoccur on materials of lacustrine origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 . Schematic landscape cross-section showing the relationship of some soilsthat often occur in transition areas between glacial till and ice-contact drift materials,and lacustrine materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610. Diagrammatic soil profiles of typical well drained, imperfectly drained and poorlydrained soils in Elgin County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 . Soil textural groups and classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 . Soil texture classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12013 . Field Site Key to Identify Soil Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15014 . Field Site Key to Identify the Appropriate Soil Type or Land Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15215 . Field Site Key to Identify the Appropriate Soil Type When Materials are Similar . . . . . . . . . . 15416. Field Site Key to Identify the Appropriate Soil Type When Materials are Contrasting . . . . . . 156
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Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe completion of t
Page 5: Southwold Soils (SO) . . . . . . .
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Page 11 and 12: Table 1 .Climate data for Elgin Cou
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Page 19 and 20: HOW THE SOILS WERE MAPPED AND CLASS
Page 21 and 22: of soil profiles and horizons which
Page 23 and 24: GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILSSo
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Page 31 and 32: underlying fine textured materials
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Page 37 and 38: clay. The Ap horizons commonly have
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Page 43 and 44: Soil Moisture CharacteristicsMiddle
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Organic (OR)Organic land units usua
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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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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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Figure 13 : Field Site Key To Ident
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