SOIL SURVEY of MISSION AREa"r by H. A. Luttmerding and P. N. Sprout Preliminary Report No . 9 of the Lower Fraser Valley Soil Survey Map Reference : Soil Map of Mission Area Scale 14i = 2,000 feet, 1968. British Columbia Department of Agriculture Kelowna, B . C . 1968 CONTENTS Page Acknowledgement . 1 Introduction . 1 How to Use a Soil Survey Map and Report . , 2 General Description of the Area Location and Extent . History . Community Facilities, Transportation and Population . Climate . Temperature . Precipitation . Frost-Free Period and Length of Growing Season . Sunshine, Cloud and Wind . , . ., . Native Vegetation . Physiography and Drainage . -.-.c1t?±ure and Soil Management . ., . 8 L .' ^; -_'r'e . $000 . Irrigation . 9 The Use of Fertilizers and Lime . ., ., . ., . , . , 10 Land Levelling . 10 Origin of Soil Forming Deposits . , . ., . 10 Lowland Soil Forming Deposits Fraser Floodplain Deposits . Organic Deposits . Stream Deposits . Fan and Slide Deposits . ., . .~. Upland Soil Forming Deposits Glacial Till Deposits . 12 Glacial Outwash Deposits . 09 .0 . 12 Glaciomarine Deposits . . , . 12 Glaciolacustrine Deposits . 12 Aeolian Deposits . 13 Fan Deposits . .,. 13 Colluvial Deposits . 13 Organic Deposits . 13 Dedrock . 13 Soil. !lapping and Classification Field iiethods . Soil Classification . ., . Page Description of Soil Series Lowland Soils Acid Brown Wooded Soils . , ., . ., . ., ., ., . 18 Degraded Acid Brown Wooded Soils . 18 Chehal3.s Series . ., . is Harrison Series . ., . ., . ., . ., . ., . 20 Orthic Acid Brown Wooded Soils . ., 22 Cheaxn Series . 22 Humic Gleysol Soils . 0 . .00 .0 . 22 Rego Humic Gleysol Soils . 23 Elk Series . 23 Hjorth Series . ., . : . 24 Kent Series . , . 26 Niven Series . 28 Sim Series . 2$ Gleysol Soils . . 30 Orthic Gleysol Soils . , . ., . ., . 30 Hatzic Series . ., ., . ., . ., ., . 30 Rego Gleysol Soils . ., . ., . . ., . 32 Annis Series . ., . 33 McElvee Series . ., . ., . ., . 34 Page Series . 36 Prest Series . , . 37 Sardis Series . ., . ., . ., ., ., 38 Regosol Soils . Gleyed Deorcic Regosol Soils . .00 .000-09#00 Bates Series . Fairfield Series . ., . ., . Deorcic Regosol Soils . ., . ., . Monroe Series . ., ., . ., ., . . Gleyed Orthic Regosol .Soils . , . , Seabird Series . , . . . , ., Orthlc Re~,Tosol Soils . ., . ., . ., ., . ., Grevell Series . ., . ., . Isar Series . ., . ., Organic Soils . ., . ., . , Muck Soils . , . Banford Muck . ., ., Gibson Muck . ., . ., . Upland Soils Humic Podzol Soils . ., . ., . 53 Orthic Humic Podzol Soils . , ., . . 53 Cardinal Series . , . , ., . 53 Sayres Series . 56 Page Gleyed Aumic Podzol.Soils . .. .. .. ., . 5c Steelhead Series . ., . .. ., . .,. ., . 5~ Ortstein Podzol-Orthic Humic Podzol Intergrade Soils . 60 Roach Series . .., . ,. ., 60 Gleyed Ortstein Podzol-Gleyed Hiunic Podzol Intergrade Soils . .. 63 Mission Series . 63 Podzol Soils . Orthic Podzol Soils . , . ., . Cannel Series . , . Crickmer Series . ., . ., . Florence Series . .~ . ., . Hoover Series . ., . Kanaka Series . Keystone Series . ., . Morgan Series , . Stave Series . ., . ., ., . Acid Brown jlooded Soils . ., . , . ., . ., . ., ., Degraded Acid Brown Wooded Soils . Durieu Series . ., . , ., . . Lynden Series . ., . .. ., . Orthic Acid Brown Vlooded Soils .~. Columbia Series . , . ., . ., . Narble Hill Series . ., . Poignant Series . 0 . .* . Ryder Series . .. ., tirl1atcom Series . , . Gleyed Orthic Acid Brown Wooded Soils . Defehr Series . ., . . Tunbridge Series . ., . ., Acid Brown Wooded-Regosol Tntergrade Soils . KenUrorthy Series . ., . Humic Gleysol Soils . ., . ., . ., Rego Humic Gleysol Soils . . ., . : ., . Calkins Series . ., . , . Le2unan Series . ., . Scat Series . Organic Soils . ., 98 Muck Soils . ..