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SOILS INFORMATION <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />62 —Otero sandy loam, 1 to 9 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,500 to 6,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 135 to 165 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Otero and similar soils: 75 percent <br />Minor components: 25 percent <br />Description of Otero <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Rise <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Calcareous eolian deposits <br />EXHIBIT I (CONT) <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 9 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 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: 5 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 7.2 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4c <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R069XY026CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 7 inches: Sandy loam <br />7 to 60 inches: Sandy loam <br />Minor Components <br />Kim <br />Percent of map unit: 20 percent <br />Olney <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />