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Official Series Description - MINQWET Series Page ~ 6 Auffalo Stone Quarry Attachment 5 Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is moist intermittently April through August, dry November through February; ustic moisture regime bordering on acidic. Mean annual soil temperature: 48 to 55 degrees F Mean summer soil temperature: 68 to 74 degrees F Calcium cazbonate equivalent: I S to 40 percent Depth to pazalithic contact: 20 to 40 inches to soft shale and limestone Depth to secondary calcium cazbonate: 0 to 2 inches Thickness of the Iambic horizon: 12 to 21 inches Depth to gypsum accumulations: 20 to 30 inches • Particle-size control section (weighted average): Clay content: 20 to 35 percent Sand content: 5 to 35 percent, with less than 15 percent fine and coarser sand Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent gravel A horizon: Hue: lOYR or 2.SY Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist Chroma: 2 or 3 Texture: loam, silt loam Clay content: 20 to 27 percent Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent Calcium cazbonate equivalent: 15 to 30 percent EC (mmhos/cm): 1 to 3 Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline Bw horizons: Hue: l OYR or 2.SY Value: 5 to 7 dry, 4 or 5 moist Chroma: 2 to 4 Texture: silt loam, silty clay loam Clay content: 20 to 35 percent Rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent Calcium carbonate equivalent: 15 to 35 percent EC (mmhos/cm): 1 to 3 Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline Bky horizon: Hue: 7SYR to 2.SY Value: 6 to 8 dry, 4 to 6 moist Chroma: 3 to 6 Texture: silt loam, silty clay loam Clay content: 20 to 35 percent Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent Pazazock fragments: 1 to 15 percent Calcium cazbonate equivalent: 20 to 40 percent EC (mmhos/cm): 1 to 5 Gypsum: 1 to 5 percent Reaction: slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline COMPETING SERIES: This is the Cederpass(SD) series. http://www2.ftw.nres. usda.gov/osd/dat/M/MINQ WET.html 6/28/2007