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<br />TAflLI~ I.-Soils, slopes, ana eros'tOn conditions in each land-capability class
<br />810pe and erosJon oharaetClrizing land.ca-pablllty cla~s J
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<br />8011 group 1 and type
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<br />IV (blue)3
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<br />III (redP
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<br />VI (oraDge)8
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<br />3, Deel21 moder/l,tcly sflndy '0118___ All
<br />uampo 10flm (less than 88
<br />erosion),
<br />Dalhart loamy sand.
<br />Dalhart sandy loam,
<br />4. Medium-depth, moderately, _____o_~__u___
<br />hoavy solis,
<br />Baca clay loam.'
<br />Bucaloam,t
<br />Campo rlay loam.
<br />Campo loam (8S Ilroslon),
<br />Fort Collins day loam,
<br />Fort ColUns loam,
<br />La Brier clay loam.
<br />, Mansker clay loam,t
<br />Mansker !oflm,f
<br />SpUI' clay loam.
<br />Spur loam.
<br />5, Deellsandysolls:
<br />Greeley sandy loam.____u__ All A and n _______________u___
<br />Sprin!l'er sandy loam. SIOPIlS.'
<br />Groeloyloarnysand_____u__ __~__ AllAandBslopos
<br />Sprln~er loamy -sand,
<br />1i5. MOdium.depth, sandy soils:
<br />Dcrthoud sandy loam r ---- _____,-----_u. __~ _________ ___n
<br />Otero loamy sand,
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<br />All A slopes with
<br />less than Sera-
<br />sion,
<br />
<br />VII (brown)1
<br />
<br />All B slopes_~_""~~,,_ __._______.
<br />A sloPQS with S, 8S,
<br />arT erosion,
<br />C and D slopC's on
<br />Campo clay loaItl,
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<br />6. Shallow, modorately heavy solls_
<br />BlWa-Travessllla oomplox.
<br />Eaca clay loam.3
<br />Daea loanl,~
<br />Mansker clay loam.3
<br />Mansker loam,3
<br />Brrthoud clay loam,~ _
<br />Berthoud loam,&
<br />Campo clay loam, cal-
<br />careousphase.
<br />Minnequa clay loam,~
<br />Minnequa loam,~ ,
<br />66, v~~b:~allow,moderatelyheaVy I,
<br />Baca clay loam ,_____ __ _____~_"___ ___ _ ~.____..______._"_ "________~n~______~__ All C, D,andDD
<br />Baea loam.' slopes.
<br />Berthoud olay loam.!
<br />Berthoud loam,'
<br />Mansker olay loam.'
<br />Mansker loam.7
<br />Mlnnequa clay loam.7
<br />MlnnequB loam.?
<br />Potterloam__ __u __u_ _____~ _____n_ ______________.___._ AILn____ _u_ _ _______ ____u_
<br />Potter sandy loam and "",_u" ________ _______________0____ _ mu ____ __- -AIL___=____m_
<br />loamy sand.
<br />Pottor-Springer gravelly
<br />loamy sands.
<br />'I, '-'oosesands:
<br />, L:lncolnsrmd____,__________
<br />Lincoln loamy sand, saline
<br />phase.
<br />TivoU.sand. \
<br />8. Bea~-f,vo~~;a:o~i8_~=============== ~===~:====:==:= ===================: __:.=====- _====- _===-- -AIC- ___=-==:==
<br />Ordway clay loam ,
<br />88. Pla~a~~~YI~y~;u--m--------- _____._______._ _______________0____ .._ ___0__ ____ ____""
<br />9. Rough broken or stony land___ ___~______~__ _______~__~_~______. _______O_"~___________ AIL_u_ ____ __~_
<br />Apache stony clay loam,
<br />Penrose stony loam,
<br />Potter gravelly loam,
<br />Rough stony land, Trtwes-
<br />silla.Apache soH material.
<br />Travessllla stony loam,
<br />Travessllla stony loam and
<br />stony sandy loam.
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<br />C, D, DD, and X
<br />slopes.
<br />OandDslopes_ ___
<br />
<br />A slopes with J{\~S
<br />than Seroslon.
<br />
<br />.
<br />
<br />Otero sandy loam_
<br />
<br />A slopos with less
<br />than S erosion.
<br />
<br />A slopes with S, sS,
<br />or'!' proslon.
<br />All___________.____
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<br />_....._m_m.
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<br />_~_h___
<br />
<br />A slopes with S,
<br />SS, T, L, N, or
<br />o erosion, .All
<br />slopesDand over.
<br />All Rand C slopos_
<br />
<br />.
<br />
<br />._________.____-'"___ All_.___
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<br />I SoH groups are numbered !'IS In FINNEf,r., H. H. PRon-
<br />LEM-iREA GROUPS OF LAND IN TIlE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS,
<br />U. S, Dept. A~, Unnumbered Pub. 40 pp., lllus, 1930,
<br />OrOUjlS 1 and 2 do not occur in the Raca County; district8.
<br />Subd visions of gronps Il, 6, and 8 are indicated by double
<br />numbers, .
<br />J Slope symbols; A, less than 2 percent; B, 2 to 5; C, Il to
<br />10; D, 10 to 20; DD, 20 percent and over; and X; dunellke
<br />topographr,
<br />Erosion symbols are explained in detail on f,' 42 and in the
<br />legend on the maps accompanying this bullet n. S indioates
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<br />VIII
<br />(purple)!
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<br />'~,>
<br />
<br />All.
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<br />All.
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<br />romoval of 76 percent or more of the topsoil; SS, of all topsoil
<br />and upper Paft of subsoil; T, of all topsoil and subsoil;
<br />L indicatos accumulations 12 to 36 inclles deep; N, small
<br />dunes; 0, large dunes,
<br />S Color dIstinguishing clnas area on the maps that IWCOill-
<br />pany thIs bulletin.
<br />4 Except 0 aud D slopes, and S, SS, and T erosion.
<br />~ S, SS, and T erosion_only, on A and B slopes.
<br />6 ExCept C aud D slopfls,
<br />? C and D slopes only,
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