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<br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The kind of soils your land has will <br />greatly affect what you can build and <br />grow on it. Soils can vary \\-'klely, <br />even over a distance of ju~t a few <br />feet. They differ in chemical make- <br />up and physical properties based on <br />. parent material <br />(the kinds of rocks your soil has <br />heen formed from) <br />. climate <br />. temperature <br />.... biological factors <br />(native vegetation) <br />. topography <br />. time <br />(mo.'lt of Coloradn's soils are "yollng:" <br />in geologic time-meaning thin <br />topsoils and lower fertility) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~ ~ 'I'" ;..,. .., ~ 't':r" ,/ <br />_ r ""w" .....t.. 01 <br />t,. ~j.'. ~ \" <br />,I '" ft'" ~ ~.A ~ ~-. <br />t' ;?;;,~L ...~ .~. '" .~f ;~< <br />" "<~.' 'W~. '.' .~1<'.'""f~'.' 'p-.".~ <br />.,..1\' "" "'9',.;.' ~. <br />. '" "~#F"c.,..illet '";otf <br />.,~. _or. ...."J :a. <br />. ... ;"JII{~. 'C 1 <br />.lA:, , .,. ;~.~,"~."'''I'~;: '... <br />, ..'''' At. .r'.......... <br />t" ,::>>:,,1 ..1..... <br />~~ \ ~'~; ~~ ~~; it.;, ~ t <br />'~" u~i~~~-~' <br />... .~,r , <br />ii'; <br />A Soil Profile Ii <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />SOILS & BU ILDINGS ~ <br />Whether you live on the eastern . <br />plains or the \Vestern Slope. ybu <br />need to work with the geology and <br />soils of the land-not against them. <br />A few questions to ask: <br />I. Arc soils around a huilding or on <br />a huilding sile prone to the "shrink. <br />swell" syndrome-expanding when <br />they're wet and contracting when <br />they're dry! <br /> <br />If the amw,'T is yes: .\1ainrnin low-timer <br />IJlantinl(s around exi.<tinl( buildinlr.' w min- <br />imize dama[{c to f(nmdatiom. If you're <br />buildinl(: Consult with a I(emechnical <br />enl(ineer-rhen make sure pro/J<'T deSil(ll <br />and cmtlm,cti,m /1Tocedures are followed. <br /> <br />2. Is radon gas present in <br />the soil and bedrock! <br /> <br />If the answer i.\ yes: Place <br />a radon test kit in your <br />finished ba.<emenr. (In <br />new cmutT1~ctj(Jn. place in <br />basement after s(>ace is <br />ene/osed but before con- <br />smlction is fini.\hed.! If <br />readinl(S are hil(h, inswll <br />proper ventilation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, C <br /> <br />~. . <br /> <br />l.~ <br />o <br />48" <br /> <br />A soil profile is a cross-section <br />showing all a soil's horizons (layers). <br />(O=organic layer; A=mineral surface <br />layer; B=sub-soil; C=parent material) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />:1. ~ <br />... <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />yo' <br />