The Bonaparte series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils formed in water-sorted materials on outwash kames, terraces, and eskers. Slopes range from 0 to 45 percent. The mean annual temperature is 48 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 35 inches.
White material is calcite.
Jefferson County, New York. Gravel pit on the west side of Highway 11, 1.44 mi. The thickness of solum and depth to carbonates range from 16 to 35 inches. Unless limed, reaction ranges from strongly acid through neutral in the solum and slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline in the 2C horizon. Some pedons have neutral, noncalcareous C horizons.