Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/02/2018

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North Dayton Development AUAR 9. Land Use a. Describe: i. Existing land use of the site as well as areas adjacent to and near the site, including parks, trails, prime or unique farmlands. As indicated on the Existing Land Use Map (see Figure 9), existing use of the study area is identified as Agriculture. Approximately 82% of the proposed study area is currently being used for agricultural crop production, and the remaining 18% is dominated by wooded open space, wetlands, and farmsteads. An initial review of soils in the area (see Figure 8) shows that approximately 36% of the site qualifies as prime farmland, 19% of the site qualifies as prime farmland if drained, and 36% of the site is farmland of statewide significance. Only 10% of the site (approximately) has soils that do not qualify as prime farmland. The breakdown of soil types based on the Hennepin County Soil Survey is as follows: Map Symbol SCS Soils Classification % of Acres site Farmland Rating D4A D67B L 16A L22C2 L22D2 L22F L23A L24A L25A L36A Dorset sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 0.8 Hubbard loamy sand, Mississippi River 0.2 Valley, 2 to 6 percent slopes Muskego, Blue Earth, and Houghton 0.4 soils, ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes Lester loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded Lester loam, 10 to 16 percent slopes, 33.5 moderately eroded Lester loam, morainic, 25 to 35 percent 5.8 slopes Cordova loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 21.8 Glencoe clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes 15.4 Le Sueur loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes 19.4 Hamel, overwash-Hamel complex, 0 to 3 26.3 percent slopes 14 179.7 0.1 % Farmland of statewide importance 0.0% Not prime farmland 0.1 % Not prime farmland 32.2% Farmland of statewide importance 6.0% Not prime farmland 1.0% Not prime farmland 3.9% 2.8% 3.5% 4.7% Prime farmland if drained Prime farmland if drained Prime farmland if drained Prime farmland if drained