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<br />-~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1-6'63 <br /> <br />(Inventory of physical factors) <br /> <br />Canon Ci ty-ponr oso ,,-roo. <br /> <br />This area. includos tho irrigated l"-nd north and oast of Canon City. <br />iUl of tho aroa is north of tho iu'k"..nsas River Q,nd wost of the Pueblo <br />County line. <br /> <br />Boco.use of favoro.ble a.ir drainage and absonce of late spring frosts <br />tho aroa is suitablo for ccmmorci,,-l production ef apples, chcrries, a.nd <br />SIllllll fruits. Production of thoso !'rui ts has been succossful in tho a.roo. <br />for mnny yeo.rs. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Seils <br /> <br />_ _ ,Tho CanerLCit,u'-rea is ,Wldcrlc.in _by_Picrrcu~hc.1c, wbj,ch-c,ct?l!.<is=to ' <br />tho vicini~y of E~ght iMile Crook. Thctcopoos, typ~cc.l of tile ~Q:rr", , <br />,&ha.lo forma.tion._c.ro not as elearlydefinod in this area as in'simrlnr <br />a.re'~.9 in 'Puoblo County.- Tho s oil is J:lostly c by! as' indica.tod -bY~rf' <br />oxamimtion of oight, soil profiles; soven profiles shcIVed 0. clo.y or, <br />clay loo.m soil, and one profilo sh~"od 0. loo.m surfnco soil with 0. cla.y <br />10= subs,oil. . <br /> <br />Most of tho Penroso district is undorla.in by Timpas limostono. <br />Tho soil is prinoipo.lly silt loam. Eight soil profilos shmvod light <br />silt loam soil o.nd four profiloo shm10d 0. hoavy silt loo~ soil. Tho <br />limo content of tho soil in this district is high, of ton giving tho <br />soil 0. whitish appoo.rnnco. Considora.blo o.roa.s of sl1cllow soil, 12 to <br />56 inohos doop, aro found in tho Ponroso diotrict. <br /> <br />Topol!;raphy <br /> <br />Tho lands of this oroa. slopo southward :toward tho i.rkansas River. <br />Tho slopo is broken by nntural drains running in 0. southerly direction. <br />Tho topography of the o.reo. is generally very rough with the oxcoption <br />of arablo aroo.s o.nd presontly irrigo.ted c.roo.s o.t Penroso and nortli of <br />Co. non Ci~. Tho olovation of 5,440 feet dofinos tho north or upper <br />cdgo of tho districts. Along tho j~knnsas Rivor the elo~.tion is 5,344 <br />foot nt Cnnon City nnd about 5,000 foot imnodiatcly'seuthoast of Ponroso. <br /> <br />---- -'-'--8-- <br />