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<br />Map unit: Rc <br /> <br />Fruitland sandy clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> <br />Description Category: AGR <br /> <br />Agronomic <br /> <br />This unit is suited for irrigated crops. It has few limitations. Furrow and sprinkler <br />irrigation is suited to this soil. Irrigation water needs to be applied at a rate that insures <br />optimum production without increasing deep percolation, runoff, and erosio <br />n. Use of pipe or ditch lining reduces water loss and deep percolation, Tilth and fertility <br />can be improved by returning crop residue to the soil and using a suitable rotation. <br />Excessive cultivation can result In the tannation of a tillage pan, This pa <br />n can be broken by subsoiJing when the soil is dry, <br /> <br />Description Category: XCS Capability Subclass <br /> <br />Capability Subclas. 2E; Irrigated; 7C; nonlrrigated <br /> <br />Description Category: ZCS Class Legend <br /> <br />Capability classification is the grouping of soils to show, in a general way, their <br />su\\abiMy fOf most ~inrls of 'farming. It is a practical classification based on limitations of <br />the soils, the risk of damage when they are used, and the way they respond <br />to treab11ent. The soils are classified according to degree and kind of permanent <br />limitation, but withOUt consideration of ma~ and ~r.era\\'1 expensWe \anaforming that <br />would change the slope, depth, or other characteristics of the soils: without consider <br />ation of possible unlikely major reclamation projects, <br />Class II ~ Some limitations that reduce the choice of crops or require moderate <br />conservation measures. <br />Class VII - Not suited for cultivation. Very severe limitations. Suited for range, <br />woooland or wildlife uses if carefully managed. Usually cannot apply physical practices <br />such as pitting, furrowing, seeding, etc. <br />E - Erosion by wind of water is the major problem. <br />C - Climate is the major hazard. Growing season may be very short; there is a shortage <br />of rainfall or both, <br />Description Category: TPF Prime Farmland <br /> <br />This unit is considered prime farmland. <br /> <br />Description Category: SOl Soil <br /> <br />This unit consists of very deep, well drained soils an alluvial fans and terraces. These <br />soils formed in alluvium, The upper part of the surface layer is sandy clay loam about e <br />inches thick, and the lower part is gravelly sandy loam 6 Inches thick, The <br />underlying material to a depth below 60 inches is stratified sandy loam, fine sandy <br />loam, and gravelly sandy loam. Permeability is moderate in the upper 8 inches and <br />moderately rapid below Ihis. Available water capacity Is moderate. Effective rooting d <br />epth Is 60 inches or more. Runoff Is slow, and the hazard of water erosion is slight. <br />Piping is a hazard. <br /> <br />Thursday, May 15, 1000 <br /> <br />Page 70f9 <br />