General Soil Type:

L4

Region:

L

Map Unit Description:

Fine-silty loessial soils; many have exceptionally thick,

dark-colored, humus-rich topsoils except where severely

eroded; some have subsoil accumulations of lime and/or clay;

these soils have formed under meadow-steppe or steppe

vegetation

Moisture Regime:

Xeric

Temperature Regime:

Mesic

Taxonomic Classification:

Pachic Haploxerolls, Calcic Argixerolls

Major Soil Series:

Athena-Broadax