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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />CHAPTER II <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />f'roject.Lands <br /> <br />Land characteristics <br /> <br />Arable lands in the comprehensive plan vary from about 4,700 feet <br />to slightly more than 6,000 feet in elevation. The arable lands are <br />scattered over a vast area and are located on a wide variety of land <br />forms and geologic formations. Consequently, they exhibit a variety of <br />characteristics including those of topography, depth to barrier, soils <br />and subsurface materials, and salinity and alkalinity. The lands occur <br />in broad gently sloping valleys, On terrain characterized by narrow <br />ridges and valleys, on high elevated undulating bench lands, on moder- <br />ately sloping alluvial fans, and on gently sloping river terraces. <br /> <br />",-" <br /> <br />>::?7MT"'" <br /> <br />?~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Potential Juniper project lands northvest of Sunbeam, Colo. <br /> <br />There are two general types of soils, alluvial and residual, both having <br />textures that range from medium to light. The soils are deepest in the <br />broader valleys and shallowest on the elevated benches and in the narrow <br />valleys. Their salinity content is low but there are definite indications <br />of sodic conditions in some areas. The soils are underlain by generally <br />impermeable saline shale and sandstone, although intervening gravelly sub- <br />strata shov in some localities. A majority of these lands will develop <br /> <br />26 <br />