16 
SOIL SURVEY OF BUFFALO COUNTY. 
The following table gives the name and the actual and 1 da¬ 
tive extent of each of the soils* mapped in Buffalo County. 
Soil 
Acres 
Per cent 
104,256 £ 
105,216J 
47.6 
62,912 
14.3 
36,480 
8.3 
31,872 
7.3 
20,200} 
1,984$ 
6.7 
W’flnlrP'Rha silt, loam . 
19,520 
4.4 
T.intnnifl silt lnnm . 
7,168 
1.6 
Bates sift, loam . . 
7,168 
1.6 
Bnonp finp sand . . . . 
6,656 
1.5 
Pp^t .... . 
6,409 
1.5 
Plainfipld fine sandy loam. 
6,00 
1.4 
Lintonia. finf* Rflndv loam . 
3,904 
.9 
Plainfield fine sand . 
3,776 
.9 
Plainfield sand . 
3,776 
.9 
Bates fine sandy loam . 
1,344 
.3 
Waukesha gravelly sandy loam. 
1,088 
640 
.2 
Lintonia silt loam . 
.1 
Total. . 
439,680 
* The soil classified in this report as Knox silt loam -with its steep phase, includes 
what was mapped by the U. S. Bureau of Soils as Boone silt loam, with a rolling 
phase, and Union silt loam with a steep phase. The Waukesha silt loam and gravelly 
sandy loam were originally included in the La Orosse series. The Plainfield fine sandy 
loam and fine sand also include some soils previously mapped by the Bureau of Soils 
as belonging to the La Crosse series. 
