Wallkill soil series
The Wallkill series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils formed in alluvium overlying organic soil material. They are nearly level soils that occur on flood plains or around margins of organic soils adjacent to uplands. Saturated hydraulic conducticity of the mineral portion is moderately high to high, and the organic portion is high to very high. Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent. The mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees Celsius, and the mean annual precipitation is about 1041 millimeters.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Humaquepts
USE AND VEGETATION: Where drained, Wallkill soils are used for growing potatoes, lettuce, celery and other vegetable crops. A significant area is used for sod-production for lawns. Corn is produced locally. Partially drained areas are used for hay and pasture. Wooded areas have elm, red maple and other water-tolerant species.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Orange County, New York, 1913.
For more information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_york/NY071...
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WALLKILL.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#wallkill
Wallkill soil series
The Wallkill series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils formed in alluvium overlying organic soil material. They are nearly level soils that occur on flood plains or around margins of organic soils adjacent to uplands. Saturated hydraulic conducticity of the mineral portion is moderately high to high, and the organic portion is high to very high. Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent. The mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees Celsius, and the mean annual precipitation is about 1041 millimeters.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Humaquepts
USE AND VEGETATION: Where drained, Wallkill soils are used for growing potatoes, lettuce, celery and other vegetable crops. A significant area is used for sod-production for lawns. Corn is produced locally. Partially drained areas are used for hay and pasture. Wooded areas have elm, red maple and other water-tolerant species.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Orange County, New York, 1913.
For more information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/new_york/NY071...
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WALLKILL.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#wallkill