GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. 
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The Povgan series includes the dark brown to black soils 
which occupy depressions in the region of Superior soils. The 
subsoil is the same heavy red clay found under the Superior 
types. The natural drainage is poor and there has developed 
a considerable amount of organic matter in the surface soil. 
The types mapped are Povgan fine sandy loam, silt loam and 
clay loam. 
The Dunning scries includes dark colored, light textured soils 
occupying low poorly drained areas, chiefly in the region where 
the soils are largely of sandstone origin. The only type mapped 
in the series in Waupaca County is Dunning fine sandy loam. 
The Genesee series includes the brownish soils which occur as 
first bottom land along the streams of the area. This land is 
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subject to annual overflow and so can seldom be utilized for cul¬ 
tivated crops. The types mapped are the fine sandy loam and 
silt loam. 
In addition to the soils included in the nine series described 
above, a large amount of peat has been mapped. This peat con¬ 
sists of accumulations of vegetable matter in varying stages of 
decomposition and with which there has been incorporated a 
small proportion of mineral matter. 
In subsequent pages of this report the various soil types 
mapped in Waupaca County are discussed in detail. The dis¬ 
tribution of the various soils is shown on the map accompany¬ 
ing this report. 
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