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-,- .8. Forested Non-Forested FloodPlain Meadow (subalpine/Montane) Tundra SoilNe. 48 Description Rock Outcrops - Cryumbrepts - Cryaquepts Deciduous . Coniferous Mixed Coniferous (3 or more species) Shrub 50 98 168 Cryoborol1s Cryoboralfs Rock Qutcrop Cryoboralfs Cryoborolls Rock Outcrop Haploborol1s - Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs . Coniferous-Deciduous Krurmlholz These generalized soil associations are not sufficiently detailed in character to be utilized to a great degree without additional field There were seventeen sub-category classifications under the nine major classifications. The forested areas and non-forested areas were delineated and investigations. The only permeability indication for the four soil associations is for the Haplo~orolls _ Argiborolls - Eutroboralfs totaled for each sub-basin and are shown on Table I-I. association and is moderate, slow and moderate, respectively. Soils Field investigations have shown the residual soils derived from The soils of the basin are derived from both the harder crystalline rock forming the spine of the Gore Range and the sedimentary deposits of the various members of the Minturn Formation possess a moderately high infiltration rate, but the soil mantle is generally shallow (excluding the valley floor area which has alluvium rather than residual soils) and becomes saturated during the spring snowmelt process. The tundra the Minturn and Maroon Formations. In general. the residual soils east of the Gore Fault are very meager and often barely or do not cover the underlying crystalline rocks. The residual soils within the area of the zones above timberline (mostly classified as Rock Outcrop - Cryumbrepts Minturn Formation are somewhat deeper although the soils tend to be Cryaquepts) have a large percentage of rock outcrops which obviously have coarse-grained since they are derived mainly from the coarser sandstone and conglomeritic members of the formations. a high runoff potential. The portions of the tundra zone that possess good solid growth of the lichens and mosses typical of the central Rocky . The General Soil Map of Eagle County, prepared by staff members of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is, as the title indicates, a very generalized map of the soils within the area. This map indicates only four soil types within the Gore Creek Basin. These soil associations are: Mountain Tundra Zones will retain significant amounts of water in tempor~ ary storage and long-term storage for the evapo-transpiration process. '.? , , '.: The Gore Valley floor is generally filled with alluvial soils con- ~ , c~ 1 taining a high percentage of sands, gravels and cobbles. The groundwater table is usually found at depths near or somewhat above the mean seasonal stage level for Gore Creek and slopes upward toward the valley walls. , '~ ,