United States In cooperation with Department of the Minnesota Agricultural Agriculture Experiment Station Soil Survey of Natural Rice County, Resources Conservation Service Minnesota NRCS Accessibility Statement The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is committed to making its information accessible to all of its customers and employees. If you are experiencing accessibility issues and need assistance, please contact our Helpdesk by phone at 1-800-457-3642 or by e-mail at [email protected]. For assistance with publications that include maps, graphs, or similar forms of information, you may also wish to contact our State or local office. You can locate the correct office and phone number at http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app. 3 How To Use This Soil Survey This survey is divided into three parts. Part I includes general information about the survey area; descriptions of the general soil map units, detailed soil map units, and soil series in the area; and a description of how the soils formed. Part II describes the use and management of the soils and the major soil properties. This part may be updated as further information about soil management becomes available. Part III includes the maps. On the general soil map, the survey area is divided into groups of associated soils called general soil map units. This map is useful in planning the use and management of large areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the map, identify the name of the map unit in the area on the color-coded map legend, then refer to the section General Soil Map Units for a general description of the soils in your area. The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet, and turn to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Turn to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for other sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. 4 This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1995. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1996. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1996. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Rice County Soil and Water Conservation District. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all of its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA’s TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice or TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call 202-720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Cover: Crop residue management in an area of the Kilkenny-Derrynane-Lerdal general soil map unit. This practice reduces the hazard of water erosion in the survey area. Additional information about the Nation’s natural resources is available on the Natural Resources Conservation Service home page on the World Wide Web. The address is http://www.nrcs.usda.gov (click on “Technical Resources”). 5 Contents Cover ....................................................................... 1 382C2—Blooming silt loam, 6 to 12 percent How to Use This Soil Survey .................................. 3 slopes, eroded ............................................. 41 Contents .................................................................. 5 Bold Series ......................................................... 41 Foreword ............................................................... 11 Boone Series...................................................... 42 81B—Boone loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent Part I slopes .......................................................... 42 How This Survey Was Made ................................... 13 81D—Boone loamy fine sand, 6 to 18 percent General Nature of the Survey Area ......................... 14 slopes .......................................................... 43 Tables: 81E—Boone loamy fine sand, 18 to 25 Temperature and Precipitation ....................... 17 percent slopes ............................................. 43 Freeze Dates in Spring and Fall ..................... 18 Brodale Series.................................................... 44 Growing Season ............................................ 18 1116F—Brodale-Eyota complex, 12 to 35 General Soil Map Units ........................................ 19 percent slopes ............................................. 44 1. Lester-Hamel-Le Sueur Association........... 19 Clarion Series..................................................... 45 2. Kilkenny-Derrynane-Lerdal Association ..... 19 102B—Clarion loam, moderately fine 3. Racine-Littleton-Lindstrom Association ...... 20 substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes ................ 45 4. Clarion-Nicollet-Webster Association ......... 21 Collinwood Series............................................... 46 5. Moland-Merton-Maxcreek Association ....... 22 1387A—Collinwood silty clay loam, 6. Hayden-Le Sueur-Dundas Association ...... 22 moderately wet, 0 to 3 percent slopes.......... 46 7. Hayden-Hamel Association ........................ 22 Colo Series ........................................................ 47 8. Racine-Kenyon-Nerwoods Association ...... 23 98—Colo silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent 9. Kenyon-Klinger-Maxfield Association ......... 24 slopes, occasionally flooded ........................ 47 10. Estherville-Colo-Waukegan Association .... 25 1831—Colo silt loam, channeled, 0 to 2 Formation and Classification of the Soils .......... 27 percent slopes, frequently flooded ............... 48 Tables: Copaston Series................................................. 48 Classification of the Soils ............................... 30 100A—Copaston sandy clay loam, 0 to 2 Acreage and Proportionate Extent of the percent slopes ............................................. 48 Soils ...................................................... 32 Cordova Series .................................................. 49 Soil Series and Detailed Soil Map Units.............. 35 109—Cordova clay loam, 0 to 2 percent Angus Series ...................................................... 36 slopes .......................................................... 49 1362B—Angus loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes........ 37 Derrynane Series ............................................... 50 1408B—Angus-Kilkenny complex, 2 to 6 1367—Derrynane clay loam, 1 to 3 percent percent slopes ............................................. 37 slopes .......................................................... 50 Ankeny Series .................................................... 38 Dickinson Series ................................................ 51 44—Ankeny sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent 74B—Dickinson fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 slopes .......................................................... 38 percent slopes ............................................. 51 Biscay Series ..................................................... 39 Dundas Series.................................................... 52 392—Biscay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ........... 40 1363—Dundas silt loam, moderately coarse Blooming Series ................................................. 40 substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes ................ 53 382B—Blooming silt loam, 2 to 6 percent Epsom Series ..................................................... 53 slopes .......................................................... 41 6 761—Epsom silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent 208—Kato silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded ............................ 54 slopes .......................................................... 68 Estherville Series ............................................... 54 Kenyon Series .................................................... 69 41A—Estherville sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent 1409A—Kenyon silt loam, moderately wet, 0 slopes .......................................................... 55 to 3 percent slopes