Hand soil series
A representative soil profile of Hand loam. The soil is dark to a depth of about 35 centimeters; calcium carbonate is below this depth. (Soil Survey of Spink County, South Dakota; by James B. Millar, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Hand series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in stratified loamy glacial meltwater sediments on uplands. Permeability is moderate. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 22 inches, and mean annual air temperature is about 46 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
Depth to free carbonates ranges from 12 to 26 inches. Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 8 to 20 inches and extends into the Bw horizon. The control section averages between 18 and 30 percent clay. Bulk density of the C horizon is 1.25 to 1.40. The thickness of stratified meltwater deposits ranges from 40 inches to many feet over loamy glacial till.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cultivated. Corn, oats, soybeans, grain sorghum, alfalfa, and tame grasses are the main crops. Native vegetation includes big bluestem, little bluestem, blue grama, western wheatgrass, sideoats grama, and needlegrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: East-central and southeastern South Dakota. It is extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/south_dakota/S...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/H/HAND.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#hand
Hand soil series
A representative soil profile of Hand loam. The soil is dark to a depth of about 35 centimeters; calcium carbonate is below this depth. (Soil Survey of Spink County, South Dakota; by James B. Millar, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Hand series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in stratified loamy glacial meltwater sediments on uplands. Permeability is moderate. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 22 inches, and mean annual air temperature is about 46 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
Depth to free carbonates ranges from 12 to 26 inches. Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 8 to 20 inches and extends into the Bw horizon. The control section averages between 18 and 30 percent clay. Bulk density of the C horizon is 1.25 to 1.40. The thickness of stratified meltwater deposits ranges from 40 inches to many feet over loamy glacial till.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cultivated. Corn, oats, soybeans, grain sorghum, alfalfa, and tame grasses are the main crops. Native vegetation includes big bluestem, little bluestem, blue grama, western wheatgrass, sideoats grama, and needlegrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: East-central and southeastern South Dakota. It is extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/south_dakota/S...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/H/HAND.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#hand