Soils of the Tulameen Area of British Columbia byT.M. Lord and A.J.Green Report No. 13 British Columbia Soi1Survey 1974 RESEARCH BRANCH. CANADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 Information Canada Ottawa, 1974 <‘:it. No.: AS-423/1914 CONTENTS Page PREFACE., ...................................................................................................................... 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................ 8 SUMMARY., .................................................................................................................. 9 PART 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA ...................................................... 11 Location and extent. ................................................................................................... 11 History and development ............................................................................................ 11 Climate., ........................................................................................................................ 11 Physiography and drainage. ....................................................................................... 13 Vegetation ...................................................................................................................... 14 Geology and parent materials of the soils................................................................ 14 THE SOILS ...................................................................................................................... 14 Soils on morainal deposits .......................................................................................... 16 Glacial till .................................................................................................................... 16 BRENDA Map Unit .............................................................................................. 16 BRI’I’TON Map Unit.. ............................................................................................ 17 CONNALY Map Unit.. .......................................................................................... 18 FAIRWEATHER Map Unit ................................................................................ 19 GRANT Map Unit .......... ........................................................................................ 20 MAZAMA Map Unit ............................................................................................ 21 PRINCETON Map Unit ........................................................................................ 23 Undivided till and colluvial deposits ...................................................................... 24 ALLEYNE Map Unit. ........................................................................................... 24 BONNEVIER Map Unit. ....................................................................................... 25 LAWLESS Map Unit .............................................................................................. 27 TULAMEEN Map Unit ........................................................................................ 28 WILBERT Map Unit .............................................................................................. 29 Soils on lacustrine deposits ........................................................................................ 30 EASTMERE Map Unit .......................................................................................... 30 HOWARTH Map Unit. ......................................................................................... 31 MIDDAY Map Unit,, ............................................................................................ 31 Soils on fluvial and glaciofluvial deposits.. .............................................................. 32 ASP Map Unit .......................................................................................................... 32 GALENA Map Unit. ............................................................................................. 33 HENNING Map Unit. ........................................................................................... 34 PASAYTEN Map Unit .......................................................................................... 35 TREHEARNE Map Unit,. .................................................................................... 35 Soils on alluvial deposits ............................................................................................ 37 BLUEY Map Unit.. ................................................................................................ 37 ILTCOOLA Map Unit ............................................................................................ 37 MANNING Map Unit ............................................................................................ 38 RIDDELL Map Unit .............................................................................................. 39 THALIA Map Unit.. .............................................................................................. 40 Soils on organic materials .......................................................................................... 40 COLEY Map Unit.. ................................................................................................ 41 ETCHES Map Unit ................................................................................................ 41 Land Types .................................................................................................................... 42 Rock outcrop .......................................................................................................... 42 Steeplands.................................................................................................................. 42 USE AND CAPABILITIES OF SOILS .................................................................... 42 Soils and agricultural capability ................................................................................ 43 Soils and forestry capability. ..................................................................................... 44 Soils and wildlife capability ........................................................................................ 46 Soils and recreation capability.. ................................................................................ 46 3 PART II Page SOIL DEVELOPMENT AND CLASSIFICATION .............................................. 48 Soil formation. ............................................................................................................. 48 Soi1 mapping and classification .................................................................................. 48 Key to the soils.. .......................................................................................................... 48 DESCRIPTIONS AND ANALYSES OF SOIL SERIES.. .................................. 51 Alleyne series................................................................................................................ 52 Allison series................................................................................................................ 54 Asp series...................................................................................................................... 56 Bankeir series................................................................................................................ 58 Bluey series.................................................................................................................... 60 Bonnevier series............................................................................................................ 62 Boot series.................................................................................................................... 64 Brenda series................................................................................................................ 66 Britton series................................................................................................................ 68 Bromley series.............................................................................................................. 70 Bull series...................................................................................................................... 72 Chuwanten series.......................................................................................................... 74 Coalmont series............................................................................................................ 76 Coley series.................................................................................................................... 78 Collett series.................................................................................................................. 80 Connaly series.............................................................................................................. 82 Coquihalla series.......................................................................................................... 84 Corbett series................................................................................................................ 86 Darcy series.................................................................................................................. 88 Eastmere series.............................................................................................................