Apalona soil series
The Apalona series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in loess and the underlying residuum from shale interbedded with sandstone and siltstone. They are moderately deep or shallow to a fragipan. These soils are on benches of hills. Slopes range from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 109 cm (43 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 12 degrees C (54 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 152 to more than 203 cm (60 to more than 80 inches)
Depth to a paralithic contact: more than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to fragipan: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches), except severely eroded pedons range from 38 to 91 cm (15 to 24 inches)
Rock fragments are dominantly very strongly cemented to indurated sandstone and siltstone channers.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for growing corn and soybeans, hay and pasture. Some areas are in woodland and wildlife areas. Native vegetation is mixed, deciduous hardwood forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern Indiana. The acreage is of small extent in MLRA 120B.
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Apalona soil series
The Apalona series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in loess and the underlying residuum from shale interbedded with sandstone and siltstone. They are moderately deep or shallow to a fragipan. These soils are on benches of hills. Slopes range from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 109 cm (43 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 12 degrees C (54 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 152 to more than 203 cm (60 to more than 80 inches)
Depth to a paralithic contact: more than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to fragipan: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches), except severely eroded pedons range from 38 to 91 cm (15 to 24 inches)
Rock fragments are dominantly very strongly cemented to indurated sandstone and siltstone channers.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for growing corn and soybeans, hay and pasture. Some areas are in woodland and wildlife areas. Native vegetation is mixed, deciduous hardwood forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern Indiana. The acreage is of small extent in MLRA 120B.
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/APALONA.html