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SOILS INFORMATION <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br />17 —Fort Collins loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,500 to 6,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 16 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 125 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Fort collins and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Description of Fort Collins <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Talf <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Loamy eolian deposits <br />EXHIBIT I (CONT) <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 to <br />0.60 in /hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br />Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R069XY006CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Loam <br />4 to 19 inches: Clay loam <br />19 to 23 inches: Clay loam <br />23 to 60 inches: Loam <br />Minor Components <br />Baca <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />