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<br />~ <br /> <br />BgA __ sagers silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> <br />setting <br /> <br />Landforms: lower end of alluvial fans <br />Dominant native plants: black greasewood, cheatgrass, basin big <br />sagebrush, alkali sacaton <br />Elevation: 4,900 to 6,200 feet <br />Mean annual air temperature: 49 to 52 degrees F <br />Mean annual precipitation: 7 to 10 inches <br />Frost-free period: 130 to 155 days <br /> <br />soil Characteristics <br /> <br />Parent material: alluvium from Mancos shale <br /> <br />Typical profile: <br />o,to 6 inches = grayish brown silty clay loam <br />6 to 60 inches = light ~ellowish brown silty clay loam <br /> <br />Depth class: very deep (>60") <br />Drainage ,class: well drained <br />Permeability:" 0-6 inches = slow (O.06-0.6"jhr) <br />6-60 inches = moderately slow (0.2-0.6"jhr) <br />Available water capacity: high (>9.0") <br />Potential rooting depth: 60 or more inches <br />Soil reaction (pH): '7.4-9.0 <br />Salinity: 2-8 mmhosjcm <br />T Factor: 5 <br />HEL: Wind = 3; Water = 3 <br />Hydric: NO Hyric inclusion: NO <br />Surface runoff: very slow to slow <br />Hazard of water erosion: low <br />Shrink-swell potential: ,moderate <br />Mass movement potential: low <br /> <br />composition <br /> <br />Sagers soil and similar soils: 85 percent <br />contrasting inclusions: 15 percent <br /> <br />contrasting Inclusions <br /> <br />Eight percent Stutzman soils <br />Seven percent Turzo soils <br />