Anoka Soil Associations:
Emmert-Kingsley Association
This soil association is a gently undulating to steep morainic landscape of short irregular slopes and scattered small marshes and depressions of organic soils.
This association makes up 3 percent of the county. It is about 45 percent Emmert soils, 30 percent Kingsley soils, and 25 percent soils of minor extent.
Emmert soils are on irregularly shaped knolls and hills. They typically have a surface layer of very dark gray gravelly coarse sand. The underlying material is a depth of about 23 inches is brown to very pale brown coarse sand or gravelly coarse sand.
Kingsley soils are on hill crests and hillsides. They typically have a surface layer of very dark gray fine sandy loam about 3 to 8 inches thick. The subsurface layer, a pale-brown fine sandy loam 5 to 10 inches thick, does not always occur in cultivated fields. The subsoil is dark reddish-brown and reddish-brown sandy clay loam and fine sandy loam. The underlying material at a depth of about 34 inches is firm, dark reddish-brown sandy loam.
Of minor extent in this association are Chetek, Marsh, Mora, Ronneby, and Rifle soils.
Chetek soils are on the short irregular sides and the tops of hills. Mora soils are on low-lying knolls and in small drainageways. Ronneby soils are on small flats and in small depressions. Marsh and Rifle soils commonly are in large depressions.
Much of this association is moderately well suited to urban uses and is moderately well suited to poorly suited to farming and to recreational uses. The small areas that are poorly drained are severely limited. Fertility and available water capacity range from very low to high. The chief management needs are controlling water erosion and controlling the level of the water table in low-lying areas.
A large part of this association is an ordnance proving ground. Only a small part is farmed because the soils are steep and droughty. Commonly grown crops are alfalfa, corn silage, and oats. Few areas are used for recreation and wildlife. Small acreages are rural residences. The urban trend is increasing.
