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Korell soil series

The Korell series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in alluvium. These soils are on flood plains. Slopes are 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 14 inches and mean annual temperature is about 43 degrees F.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Fluventic Haplustolls

 

Soil temperature - 42 to 47 degrees F.

Moisture control section - between 4 and 12 inches.

Mollic epipedon thickness - 7 to 15 inches.

The organic carbon decreases irregularly with depth.

An Ab horizon up to 6 inches thick is allowed.

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Korell soils are used mainly for irrigated and nonirrigated cropland. The native vegetation is mainly bluebunch wheatgrass, green needlegrass, needleandthread, western wheatgrass, and prairie junegrass.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Korell soils are inextensive in the valleys of western Montana. MLRA 43B, 44B, 46 and 54.

 

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/K/KORELL.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#korell

 

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Uploaded on February 17, 2011
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