Hamerly soil series
The Hamerly series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in calcareous loamy till. Permeability is moderate in the upper horizons and moderate or moderately slow in the lower horizons. These soils are on flats on lake plains and on convex slopes surrounding shallow depressions and on slight rises on till plains. They have slopes ranging from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual air temperature is 42 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 19 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
The mollic epipedon ranges from 7 to 18 inches in thickness. The top of the calcic horizon is at depths of less than 16 inches, and in some pedons the lower part of the mollic epipedon qualifies as part of the calcic horizon. The soil contains 1 to 10 percent by volume of rock fragments. The 10- to 40-inch particle-size control section has visible gypsum in some pedons. It has 18 to 35 percent noncarbonate clay. Saline and stony phases are recognized.
USE AND VEGETATION: Cultivated areas are used for growing small grains, flax, hay and pasture. Native vegetation is green needlegrass, little bluestem, big bluestem and western wheatgrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central and eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The soils are extensive.
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Hamerly soil series
The Hamerly series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in calcareous loamy till. Permeability is moderate in the upper horizons and moderate or moderately slow in the lower horizons. These soils are on flats on lake plains and on convex slopes surrounding shallow depressions and on slight rises on till plains. They have slopes ranging from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual air temperature is 42 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 19 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
The mollic epipedon ranges from 7 to 18 inches in thickness. The top of the calcic horizon is at depths of less than 16 inches, and in some pedons the lower part of the mollic epipedon qualifies as part of the calcic horizon. The soil contains 1 to 10 percent by volume of rock fragments. The 10- to 40-inch particle-size control section has visible gypsum in some pedons. It has 18 to 35 percent noncarbonate clay. Saline and stony phases are recognized.
USE AND VEGETATION: Cultivated areas are used for growing small grains, flax, hay and pasture. Native vegetation is green needlegrass, little bluestem, big bluestem and western wheatgrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central and eastern North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The soils are extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/north_dakota/N...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/H/HAMERLY.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: