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10/13/2016 Official Series Description- MINNEQUA Series Exchangeable sodium: 0 to 15 percent. Electrical conductivity: 0.5 to 8 dS/m. Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 40 percent, generally increasing with depth. Particle size control section: (weighted average) Clay content: 20 to 30 percent Silt content: 40 to 60 percent Sand content: 5 to 40 percent with less than 15 percent fine or coarser sand Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent and are mainly 7 to 52 mm(1/4 to 2 inches) in diameter A horizon: Hue: 5Y to 7.5YR Value: of 4 through 6 dry, 3 through 5 moist Chroma: 1 through 3 Texture: silt loam, loam, silty clay loam Clay content: 18 to 35 percent Calcium carbonate equivalent: 1 to 10 percent Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline Bw horizon: Hue: 5Y to 7.5YR Value: 6 or 7 dry, 4 through 6 moist Chroma: 2 through 4 Texture: silt loam, loam, silty clay loam Clay content: 18 to 35 Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline Calcium carbonate equivalent of the fine earth: 10 to 25 percent Bk horizon (Bky in some pedons): Hue: 5Y to 7.5YR Value: 6 to 8 dry, 5 to 7 moist Chroma: 2 though 4 Clay content: 15 to 35 percent Calcium carbonate equivalent: 15 to 40 percent Gypsum content: 0 to 5 percent Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline COMPETING SERIES: These are the Manvel(CO) and Willard(NM) series. Manvel and Will soils: do not have a paralithic contact at a depth of 50 to 100 cm (20 to 40 inches). GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Landform: hills, cuestas, interfluves, pediments, and ridges Slopes: range from 0 to 30 percent Parent material: medium to moderately fine textured, slope alluvium and residuum weathered from chalk, marl, shale and limestone. Elevation: 1006 to 1981 meters (3,300 to 6,500 feet) Mean annual precipitation: 254 to 356 millimeters (10 to 14 inches), with peak periods of precipitation in the spring and summer months. Mean annual temperature: 9 to 12 degrees C. (48 to 54 degrees F.) Mean summer temperature: 20 to 23 degrees C. (68 to 74 degrees F.) Frost free season: 125 to 170 days GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Manvel soils and the Penrose soils. MtpsJ/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MINNEQUAhtmi 213