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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />GeC-Georgeville silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 300 to 750 feet <br />Mean annual precipifation: 37 to 60 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 66 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Georgeville and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Description of Georgeville <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hillslopes on ridges <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Convex <br />Parent material: Residuum weathered from slate and/or metavolcanics and/or <br />argillite ..:... <br />__ ; ,i <br />_., .. Properties-and~q~atities...................•.....::... __; , . ;. <br />Slope: 6 to 10 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high <br />(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Available water capacity: High (about 9.2 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 3e <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 7 inches: Silt loam <br />7 to 70 inches: Silty clay loam <br />70 to 44 inches: Clay <br />44 to 53 inches: Silty clay loam <br />53 to SO inches: Loam <br />'I 3 <br />