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Home My WebLink About05040026-28.18SHEET 56 OF THE HAMILTON COUNTY SOIL SURVEY SCALE 1" =1000' SOILS LEGEND CrA Crosby silt loom, 0 to 3 percent slopes Br Brookston silty clay loom NOTES 1. There are no floodplains located on this site as shown on FEMA panel 18057c0209f. 2. This site is located in the Clara Knotts Watershed (210) containing 371.7 total acres. SOILS DESCRIPTION Crosby SIt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes (CrA) This soil is in large continuous areas or small to large island —like areas that are intermingled with or surrounded by poorly drained soils. The areas are commonly 10 to 40 acres in size and are irregular in shape. This soil has the profe described as representative of the series. Included with this soil in mapping were small areas of Brookston, Fncastle, and Miami soils that are less than 2 acres in size. Also included were small areas of Hennepin soils that are indicated on the detailed soil map by the symbol for escarpment. Permeability is slow in this soil. Runoff is slow. Where slopes are over 2 percent, erosion is a hazard. Wetness is the main limitation in use and management. If this Crosby soil is drained, it is suited to all crops commonly grown in the county. Under proper management it can be used intensively for row crops. Capability unit Ilw -2; tree and shrub suitability group 2. Brookston silty day loam (0 to 2 percent slopes) (Bs) This soil is in large tracts within which are irregularly shaped islandlike areas of lighter colored soils, and some of it is in drainage ways and small depressions surrounded by lighter colored soils . This soil has the prortle described as representative of the series. Included with this soil in mapping were small areas of Crosby soils. Also included were areas, near the center of large tracts of this soil, where the subsoil is less sandy than that of this soil. Small wet spots and spots of muck were included. They are indicated on the detailed soil map by special symbols. The content of organic matter is high in this soil. Wetness is the main limitation that affects use and management.