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Mancos Watershed - 14080107 <br />Land Capability Class: <br />Irrigated <br />z a No obre ~ ~ ~` <br />T ~ !~ I' <br />~ " <br />'~ , <br />i --.__ <br />j. .' ~ <br />+.~ LL 1 _ '~ t 1.,1 <br />~~ <br />(. ~ ~ c ~~y 1~ .,ter ..ate. <br />~r_ .~, R ~.. ; <br />-~~' <br />Land Capabilit~~ Classification shol`-s, in a General <br />jti-a~-, the suitabilit< of soils for most lcincis of tielcl <br />~rol)s. Crops that require special 111anaGement are <br />elcluclecl. The soils are Grouped accorclillG to their <br />limitations for tlelcl crops, the rick of clanlaGe if they- <br />are used for craps, and the lti-a~- thev respond to <br />111a11aGelllelit. <br />C'apabilit<~ classes, the broadest ~~roups, are desi~- <br />natecl b~~ the numbers 1 tlu'ou~~h 8. The numbers in- <br />dicate proGre~~i~ el~ Greater limitations and narro~`-er <br />choices for practical use. <br />Class 1 -soils ha~~e fe«-limitations that restrict their use. <br />Class 2 -soils have moderate linutations that reduce the choice of plants or that require moderate cansel-~Tation <br />plactlCes. <br />C'las~s 3 -soils hay e see°ere linutations that reduce the choice of plants or that require special conser~ ation prac- <br />tices, or both. <br />Class -1-soils ha~-e ~=el-~ se~-ere limitations that reduce the CllOlce Of plants Or that rdCjlllfe ~"dl's- Cardlill lllalla6e- <br />lllent, or both. <br />Class ~ -soils are suhject to little or no erosion but ha~-e other linutations, impractical to renlo~~e, that restrict <br />their use mailil~~ to pashlre, ran~~elancl, forestlulcl, or «-ilcllife habitat. <br />Class f) - sOlls lla~"e Sep"el'e 1111lltat1011s that lllalie tllelll 6ellel'all~" 1i11sUltabld fOr Cllltl~'atlall allcl that rBStrlCt their <br />use lllailile to 1)asture, ranaelancl, fordstlancl, or «-ilcllife habitat. <br />Class 7 -soils ha~-e ~-erv se~,ere limitations that make them unsuitable for culticration and that restrict their usz <br />mailil~- to ~razim~, forestluul, or jti-ilcllife habitat. <br />Class & -soils and miscellaneous areas ha~~e linutations that preclude eonlnlercial plant production and that <br />restrict their use to recreational purposes, «-ilcllife habitat, l~-atershdd, or aesthetic purposes. <br />The «'ind Erodibilit~~ Index (~~`EI), is a <br />numerical ~~ahle indicatinG the susceptibilitt- <br />ofsoil to ~vincl erosion, or the tons per acre <br />per rear that can be ezpdcted to be lost to <br />~`-111(1 erOSlall It It 1S aSSlillleCl there is 110 <br />Ve~etatl~'e Ca~'er Or lllalla~dlllellt. <br />Soils pith an eroclibilit<- incleZ equal to or <br />Greater than ~ are consiclerecl luglil~- <br />eraclible. <br />14 <br />