BARNES UDIC HAPLOBOROLLS
Location: Douglas county
Soil Association Map Unit D2
The Barnes series consists of deep, well-drained, undulating to hilly soils. These soils formed under grasses in calcareous loam glacial till.
In a representative profile, the surface layer is black loam about 8 inches thick. The subsoil is about 10 inches thick. The upper part is dark-brown loam, and the lower part is brown loam. The underlying material is light olive-brown loam.
Barnes soils have high natural fertility, high available water capacity, and high organic-matter content. Permeability is moderate. Reaction in the surface layer is neutral.
If adequate amounts of fertilizer are used and if erosion control measures are applied, Barnes soils are well suited to crops commonly grown in the state.
This is an undulating soil that occurs on side slopes. The areas vary in size and shape. This soil has complex slopes that are 50 to 200 feet long and are concave and convex. In a few areas the slopes are more uniform than is normal. The present surface layer consists of the original surface layer mixed with moderate amounts of material from the subsoil as a result of erosion. Nearly all of this soil is used for cultivated crops. A few small areas are in pasture. This soil is suited to all crops commonly grown in the county. Water runs off this soil at a medium rate, and the hazard of erosion is moderate.
The main management needs are practices that control erosion, improve fertility and tilth, and conserve moisture.
Capability unit IIe-1; woodland suitability group 1.