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Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />Landform: Hills <br />Slope range: 5 to 9 percent <br />Surface layer texture: Silt loam <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 60 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Parent material. Fine - silty, calcareous loess <br />Native plant cover type: Rangeland <br />Flooding: None <br />Available water capacity. Mainly 10.6 inches <br />Typical profile: <br />A-0 to 7 inches; silt loam <br />Bt -7 to 14 inches; silt loam <br />Bk -14 to 18 inches; silt loam <br />C-18 to 60 inches; silt loam <br />Colby and similar soils <br />Percent of the map unit. 30 percent <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform element. Summits <br />Slope range: 5 to 15 percent <br />Surface layer texture: Silt loam <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 60 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Parent material: Fine - silty, calcareous loess <br />Native plant cover type: Rangeland <br />Flooding: None <br />Available water capacity: Mainly 10.6 inches <br />Typical profile: <br />Ap-0 to 3 inches; silt loam <br />AC -3 to 8 inches; silt loam <br />C1-8 to 30 inches; silt loam <br />C2 -30 to 60 inches; silt loam <br />Additional components <br />Goshen and similar soils: 5 percent <br />Kimst and similar soils: 5 percent <br />Management <br />Major uses: Rangeland <br />This map unit is not suited to nonirrigated crops <br />because of the slope and the hazards of water erosion <br />and soil blowing. <br />Controlled livestock management is the major <br />management practice needed on this map unit. <br />The main limitations affecting windbreaks and <br />environmental plantings are the slope, the hazard of <br />soil blowing on all of the soils, and lime- induced <br />chlorosis on the Colby soil. This map unit is not suited <br />to windbreaks and environmental plantings in areas <br />where the slope is more than 9 percent. Planting the <br />trees on the contour helps to conserve moisture. <br />Shrubs and trees that are not sensitive to lime - <br />induced chlorosis are suitable for use in windbreaks. <br />57 —Norka -Colby -Weld silt loams, 3 to 5 <br />percent slopes <br />Setting <br />Location: This map unit occurs dominantly in the <br />western part of the survey area. <br />Elevation: 4,301 to 5,200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 15 inches <br />Frost -free period. 145 to 148 days <br />Note: This map unit is on gently sloping plains. The <br />Norka soil is on side slopes, and the Colby soil <br />is on summits and side slopes. The native <br />vegetation is mainly grasses. <br />Component Description <br />Norka and similar soils <br />Percent of the map unit. 35 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Slope range: 3 to 5 percent <br />Surface layer texture: Silt loam <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 60 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Parent material. Fine - silty, calcareous loess <br />Native plant cover type: Rangeland <br />Flooding: None <br />Available water capacity. Mainly 10.6 inches <br />Typical profile: <br />A-0 to 3 inches; silt loam <br />Bt -3 to 10 inches; silty clay loam <br />Bk -10 to 15 inches; silt loam <br />Ck -15 to 60 inches; silt loam <br />Colby and similar soils <br />Percent of the map unit: 30 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Landform element: Summits <br />Slope range: 3 to 5 percent <br />Surface layer texture: Silt loam <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 60 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Parent material. Fine -silty, calcareous loess <br />Native plant cover type: Rangeland <br />Flooding: None <br />Available water capacity: Mainly 10.6 inches <br />Typical profile: <br />Ap-0 to 4 inches; silt loam <br />C-4 to 60 inches; silt loam <br />Weld and similar soils <br />Percent of the map unit. 20 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Slope range: 3 to 5 percent <br />65 <br />