Major Land Resource Area 139X
Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
Accessed: 11/21/2024
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- Great Lakes shoreline.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- Carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually circumneutral (pH upper 50 cm ≥ 5.5).
- Moist, watertable 25-100 cm (moderately well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
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- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- Carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually circumneutral (pH upper 50 cm ≥ 5.5).
- Dry, watertable ≥ 100 cm (well drained).
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- No carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually acidic (pH upper 50 cm < 5.5).
- Deep soil, bedrock ≥ 150 cm, or water table < 100 cm.
- Warm, humid climate, warmest 6 months average ≥ 16°C (mean annual precipitation usually < 1100 mm).
- Moist, watertable 25-100 cm (moderately well drained to somewhat poorly drained), or slopes > 15% (usually lower slope positions).
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- No carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually acidic (pH upper 50 cm < 5.5).
- Deep soil, bedrock ≥ 150 cm, or water table < 100 cm.
- Warm, humid climate, warmest 6 months average ≥ 16°C (mean annual precipitation usually < 1100 mm).
- Dry, watertable ≥ 100 cm (well drained), and slopes < 15%.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- No carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually acidic (pH upper 50 cm < 5.5).
- Deep soil, bedrock ≥ 150 cm, or water table < 100 cm.
- Cool, perhumid climate, warmest 6 months average < 16°C (mean annual precipitation often ≥ 1100 mm).
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
- No carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually acidic (pH upper 50 cm < 5.5).
- Shallow soil, bedrock within 150 cm (usually upper slope positions), and no water table < 100 cm.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Floodplains or River mouths.
- Floodplains.
- Not poorly drained, temporary flooding.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Floodplains or River mouths.
- Floodplains.
- Poorly drained, seasonal flooding.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Floodplains or River mouths.
- River mouths.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Flats and Depressions.
- Mineral (if any peat or muck surface, it is < 20 cm thick).
- Minerotrophic, mean pH in upper 50 cm ≥ 5.5.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Flats and Depressions.
- Mineral (if any peat or muck surface, it is < 20 cm thick).
- Ombrotrophic, mean pH in upper 50 cm < 5.5.
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Key Characteristics
- Inland or adjacent to rivers.
- Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
- Flats and Depressions.
- Organic (peat or muck surface ≥ 20 cm thick).
- Minerotrophic (euic), mean pH in upper 50 cm ≥ 5.0.
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MLRA 139
1b.
Inland or adjacent to rivers.
2a.
Upland and not floodplain, watertable >25 cm (well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
3a.
Carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually circumneutral (pH upper 50 cm ≥ 5.5).
4a.
Moist, watertable 25-100 cm (moderately well drained to somewhat poorly drained).
... F139XY002OH – Moist Calcareous Drift Flats
3b.
No carbonates within 200 cm, soils usually acidic (pH upper 50 cm < 5.5).
5a.
Deep soil, bedrock ≥ 150 cm, or water table < 100 cm.
6a.
Warm, humid climate, warmest 6 months average ≥ 16°C (mean annual precipitation usually < 1100 mm).
7a.
Moist, watertable 25-100 cm (moderately well drained to somewhat poorly drained), or slopes > 15% (usually lower slope positions).
... F139XY004OH – Moist Acidic Slopes
7b.
Dry, watertable ≥ 100 cm (well drained), and slopes < 15%.
... F139XY005OH – Dry Acidic Drift Plains
6b.
Cool, perhumid climate, warmest 6 months average < 16°C (mean annual precipitation often ≥ 1100 mm).
... F139XY006OH – Moist Drift Highlands
5b.
Shallow soil, bedrock within 150 cm (usually upper slope positions), and no water table < 100 cm.
... F139XY007OH – Shallow Acidic Slopes
2b.
Wetland or floodplain, watertable <25 cm (poorly to very poorly drained).
8a.
Floodplains or River mouths.
9a.
Floodplains.
8b.
Flats and Depressions.
12a.
Mineral (if any peat or muck surface, it is < 20 cm thick).
12b.
Organic (peat or muck surface ≥ 20 cm thick).
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