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5—Alderwood�Urban I�nd complex, 2 to E perc�nt <br />sbpes. This map unft is on till plains. Areas aie irregular <br />in shape and are 100 to 1,000 acres in size. The native <br />vegetation is mainy conifers. Elevation is 50 to 550 feet <br />The average annual precipitation is about 40 inches, the <br />averege annual air temperature is about 50 dec�rees F, <br />and the average host•free season is /70 to 190 days. <br />This unit is about 60 percent Alderwood gravelly sandy <br />loem and about 25 percent Urban land. The components <br />of Mis unit are so intricatery intermingled that it was not <br />prectical to map them separatey at the scale used. <br />Included in this unit are small areas of McKenne and <br />Norme soils and Terric Medisaprists in depressional <br />areas and drainageways on plains. Also mcluded are <br />small areas of soils that are very shallow over a <br />herdpan; small areas of Everett, Indianola, and Ragnar <br />soila on terraces and outwash plains; and soils that have <br />a stony and bouldery surtace layer. Included areas make <br />up about 15 percent oi the total acreage. <br />The Alderwood soil is moderately deep over a hardpan <br />and is moderately well drained, It formed �n glacial till. <br />Typically, the suAace layer is very dark greyish brown <br />gravelly sandy loam about 7 inches thick. The upper part <br />of the subsoil is dark yellowish brown and dark brown <br />very gravelly sandy loam about 23 inches thick. The <br />lower part is olive brown very gravelly sandy loam about <br />5 inches thick. A weakly cemented hardpan is at a depM <br />ol ebout 35 inches. Depth to the hardpan ranges from <br />20 to 40 inches. <br />Permeability of the Alderwood soil is moderately rapid <br />above the hardpan and very slow through it. Available <br />water capaciry is low. ENective rooting depth is 20 to 40 <br />inches. Runofl is slow, and the hazard of water erosfon <br />ie slipht A seasonal perched water table is at a depM of <br />18 to 36 inches hom January to March. <br />Urban land is areas that are covered by sbeets, <br />buildings, parkinp lots, and other structures that obscure <br />or alter the soils so that identficatlon is not possible. <br />The Aldenvood soil in this unit is used mainy for <br />perks, building sites, lawns, garde�s, and woodla�d. <br />The main limitations of the Aldenvood soil for <br />homesites and septic tank ebsorption fields are the <br />depth to the hardpan and the seaaonai perched water <br />tsble. Onsite waste disposal systems oRen teil or do not <br />functlon properly during periods of high rainfall. Drainaqe <br />ia needed R buildings with basements and crawl spaces <br />are consWcted. Topsoil needs to be stockpiled durinp <br />slte preparation end subsequently used to cover the <br />expaed meterial. AddRions of fertilizer and peat are <br />desirable prior to seeding grass for lawns. <br />This map unit is in capability subclass IVe. <br />SCS SOILS DESCRIPTION <br />