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The purpose of this feature class is to identify all the soil types within Douglas County, MN. This data includes AREA SYMBOL, SPATIALVER, MUSYM, MUKEY, CPI, MUNAME (Nymore loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes; Sioux loamy coarse sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes; Dorset sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes; Sioux gravelly loamy coarse sand, 12 to 35 percent slopes; Quam mucky silty clay loam; Waukon loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes; Marsh; Water; etc.), FARM_CLASS (Not prime farmland, Farmland of statewide importance), DRAIN_Class (Excessively drained, somewhat drained, very poorly drained), Grid Code, and Cropprodin. This data is updated on an as needed basis and is used by the Land and Resource Department.
The Soil Feature class is also used in the CPI Tool Model and python script to help update Tillable_CPI and Till_Soil_Int. |
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The purpose of this feature class is to identify all the soil types within Douglas County, MN. This data includes AREA SYMBOL, SPATIALVER, MUSYM, MUKEY, CPI, MUNAME (Nymore loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes; Sioux loamy coarse sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes; Dorset sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes; Sioux gravelly loamy coarse sand, 12 to 35 percent slopes; Quam mucky silty clay loam; Waukon loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes; Marsh; Water; etc.), FARM_CLASS (Not prime farmland, Farmland of statewide importance), DRAIN_Class (Excessively drained, somewhat drained, very poorly drained), Grid Code, and Cropprodin. This data is updated on an as needed basis and is used by the Land and Resource Department.
The Soil Feature class is also used in the CPI Tool Model and python script to help update Tillable_CPI and Till_Soil_Int. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Soil is a material composed of five ingredients — minerals, soil organic matter, living organisms, gas, and water. Soil minerals are divided into three size classes — clay, silt, and sand; the percentages of particles in these size classes is called soil texture. The mineralogy of soils is diverse. For example, a clay mineral called smectite can shrink and swell so much upon wetting and drying that it can knock over buildings. The most common mineral in soils is quartz; it makes beautiful crystals but it is not very reactive. Soil organic matter is plant, animal, and microbial residues in various states of decomposition; it is a critical ingredient — in fact the percentage of soil organic matter in a soil is among the best indicators of agricultural soil quality. Soil colors range from the common browns, yellows, reds, grays, whites, and blacks to rare soil colors such as greens and blues.</SPAN></P><P /></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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