AHMEEK SERIES
DYSTRIC
EUTROCHREPTS
Location: Carlton, Pine, St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties
Soil Association Map Unit E3
The Ahmeek series consists of nearly level to hilly, well drained and moderately well drained soils that formed in fine sandy loam till. These soils are on convex sides and tops of moraines and drumlins.
Permeability is moderately slow, and the available water capacity is moderate. Organic matter content is low. The availability of phosphorus and potassium is medium. The lower part of the subsoil and the underlying material are very dense. Coarse rock fragments are common on the surface and throughout the profile.
Most areas of Ahmeek soils are used for forest and pasture. The major limitation is the hazard of erosion on the steeper soils.
The land capability classification is IIIs.