General Soil Type:

Am

Region:

A

Map Unit Description:

Cool soils with black, humus-rich topsoils formed under shrub

and grass vegetation; these soils developed in volcanic ash

and glacial drift; commonly shallow

Moisture Regime:

Xeric

Temperature Regime:

Frigid

Taxonomic Classification:

Humic Vitrixerands, Lithic Vitrixerands

Major Soil Series:

Molson-Koepke-Pepoon-Rock Outcrop