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BIRCHWOOD SERIES
CT0023 SOIL INTERPRETATIONS
RECORD
MLRA(S): 144A, 145
REV. RAS,EHS, 8-93
AQUIC UDORTHENTS, SANDY OVER LOAMY, MIXED, NONACID, MESIC
The Birchwood series
consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils on uplands.
They formed in sandy eolian and/or fluvial sediments overlying
dense glacial till. Typically, these soils have a dark brown fine
sandy loam surface layer 10 inches thick. The subsoil from 10 to
30 inches is strong brown and brownish yellow loamy fine sand and
loamy sand with mottles below 18 inches. The mottled substratum
from 30 to 60 inches is dark reddish brown, very firm and brittle
gravelly loam. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent.
LANDSCAPE
AND CLIMATE PROPERTIES
|
FROST FREE DAYS |
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION |
ELEVATION
(FT) |
DRAINAGE
CLASS |
SLOPE
(PCT) |
| |
|
|
Moderately Well Drained |
0-15 |
ESTIMATED
SOIL PROPERTIES (A)
DEPTH
(IN.) |
USDA TEXTURE |
UNIFIED |
AASHTO |
FRACTION
.3-10 IN (PCT) |
CLAY
(PCT) |
| 0-10 |
FSL,SL |
SM |
A-2,A-4 |
0-5 |
1-5 |
| 0-10 |
LFS,LS |
SM |
A-2 |
0-5 |
1-3 |
| 10-30 |
LS,LFS,GR-LS |
SM,SP-SM |
A-2,A-1 |
0-5 |
1-3 |
| 30-60 |
GR-FSL,GR-L,SIL |
SM,ML,GM |
A-2,A-4 |
0-15 |
3-15 |
DEPTH
(IN.) |
LIQUID
LIMIT |
PLAS-
TICITY
INDEX |
MOIST BULK
DENSITY
(G/CM3) |
PERMEA-
BILITY
(IN/HR) |
AVAILABLE
WATER CAPACITY
(IN/IN) |
SOIL
REACTION
(PH) |
| 0-10 |
0-14 |
NP |
1.00-1.25 |
2.0-20 |
0.12-0.20 |
4.5-6.5 |
| 0-10 |
0-14 |
NP |
1.00-1.25 |
2.0-20 |
0.07-0.16 |
4.5-6.5 |
| 10-30 |
0-14 |
NP |
1.30-1.55 |
6.0-20 |
0.06-0.14 |
4.5-6.5 |
| 30-60 |
0-25 |
NP-5 |
1.70-2.00 |
0.0-0.2 |
0.08-0.12 |
4.5-6.5 |
DEPTH
(IN.) |
ORGANIC
MATTER
(PCT) |
SHRINK-
SWELL
POTENTIAL |
CORROSIVITY |
|
STEEL |
CONCRETE |
|
0-10 |
2-5 |
LOW |
LOW |
HIGH |
| 0-10 |
2-5 |
LOW |
|
| 10-30 |
|
LOW |
|
| 30-60 |
|
LOW |
|
FLOODING
FREQ-
UENCY |
HIGH WATER TABLE |
BEDROCK |
HYD
GRP |
POTENTIAL
FROST
ACTION |
|
DEPTH(FT) |
KIND |
MONTHS |
DEPTH |
HARDNESS |
| NONE |
1.5-3.5 |
PERCHED |
NOV-APR |
> 60" |
|
C |
MODERATE |
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