Table Ge01: Soil Characteristics within the Bourbeuse River Watershed

Soil characteristics of the generalized soil associations (SCS 1979) related to hydrology, water management, erosion, and runoff within the Bourbeuse River watershed (SCS Gasconade County Soil Survey 1994, SCS Franklin County Soil Survey 1989)
	Feature Affects		Water Erosion Factors²		Water Features
Soil Name	Grassed Waterway¹	Drainage	K²	T	Hydro-Soil Group³	Water Capacity⁴
Hartville	Erodes easily, percs slowly	Percs slowly, frost action	0.28-0.43	4	C	0.1-0.24
Union	Erodes easily, shallow root zone	Percs slowly, slope	0.43-0.43	4	C	0.11-0.21
Goss	Large stones, slope, droughty	Deep to water	0.10-0.24	2	B	0.04-0.17
Peridge	Erodes easily	Deep to water	0.37-0.32	5	B	0.16-0.20
Ashton	Erodes easily	Deep to water	0.43-0.28	4	B^a	NA
Cedargap	Large stones	Deep to water	0.10-.024	5	B^b	0.04-0.18
Nolin	Erodes easily	Deep to water	0.43-0.43	5	B^c	0.18-0.23
Hobson	Erodes easily, droughty	Percs slowly, slope	0.37-0.37	3	C	0.01-0.24
Clarksville	Large stones, slope, droughty	Deep to water	0.28-0.28	2	B	0.05-0.12
Gasconade	Large stones, slope, droughty	Deep to water	0.20-0.20	2	D	0.05-0.12
Coulstone	Droughty, slope	Deep to water	0.24-0.24	3	B	0.06-0.09
Pope	Erodes easily	Deep to water	0.28	5	B	0.10-0.18
Beemont	Slope, perks slowly	Deep to water	0.32-0.24	3	C	0.14-0.12

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