WSP11679

• File Number: 8101
• Description: Arkansas River Basin Description
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1944
• Author: USDA - SCS
• Title: Physical Land Conditions in the Western and Southwestern Baca County Soil Conservation Districts - Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE 2.-Management and conservation pracfices recommended, according to capability of the
land

Land.
capability
class I

III (red)2_,_.
Suitllblo for
cu-ltlva-
tion wIth
Intensive
practices.

Soil group

3, Deep, modcr-
ately sandy
salls:
Campo loam.
Dalhart \

5. Dcepsandysoll~.
G r (l e 1 e y,
Springer,

See footnotes at end of tAble.

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Slope and orosion

A nnd Bj :sllght
or modorate
orosion, or.
sllght oti mod-
eratoremovaJs
and severo ac-
cumulations,

A and B
(smooth to un-
dulatIng) ;
aUght or mod-
erate erosion,
or slle:ht or
.moderato re-
movals and so-
vere accumu.
lations.

Practkcs recommended for-

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Oropland or idle land d
(based on drY-land pastu;oodl~~dow, or Special ('ouditIons
farming)

Contour farming wher.
evor topogrnphy per-
mits; timoly tillage
and seoding, ordinar.
i1y seeding in Juno;
maintenance of a<:lo-
quate crop residues of
10- to 12-inchstllbbJc:
no grazing of stubble
other than broomcorn,
LlvOiltook, cash-crop,
and fcod-crop econo-
my, using Sudan gr!lSs
for summer pl\Sture,
forage sorghums for
s!Iage' or dry-lot fMd-
lng, broomcorn for
onsh crops, and grain
sorghums for gn'l-ln
feed,
Rye for winter cover or
pa~ture when mois.
ture is available.
Contour strip cropping
or wind-strip cropping
of grain sorghums
with forage sorghums,
Sudan grass, or broom-
corn; rotation of grain
sorghums with forago
sorghums or broom-
corn.
Planting of trees nliar
farmsteads and for
windbreaks wherE' ad.
ditional moisture can
bo collected, provided
adlaeonttleldsarosta-
bill1:ed.
A few rows of unhar.
vested crop for wlId.
life in suitllhle loca-
tions.
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Strict range man-
agement Includ.
Ing: Restriction
~~n~~~;~tfvet~ar~
rying capacity;
distribution of
stock by fencing,
distribution of
water, salting,
riding- and open
herdinp:, rotation
and deferred
g r a ~ i n g a's
needed; gradng
on Russian this-
tles permitted,
but restricted to
prevent overuse
of grasses. Cover
4t08lnehcshigh
should be left on
thB.f:rOund,
Planting of woody
Rnd horbacoollS
plants tor gully
eontrol where
needed.

Terracing where
practicable. On
areas afl'ected by
severo aceumula-
tlons: Levollng of
hum m 0 c k's,
dunes, and fence.
fl~~ti:lf~lt~t:g::
ghums; protection
of plant residues
toincrensllorganic
matter in the solI,

Gully.eontrol mea~-
uros needed on
some areas.
On areas affected
by severe accum-
ulations,same
recommendations
as on solI groUP 3.

Physical Land Conditions in the