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The San Miguel Soil Survey identified four soil map units on the Morgan Property (Figure 3): <br />• Barx fine sandy loam, 1 -3% slopes (50.5 acres): These soils are formed on sandstone <br />derived alluvium located on terraces and mesas. Profiles extend up to 74" and are <br />characterized by being very slightly saline and slightly sodic. <br />• Barx fine sandy loam, 3 -6% slopes (29.1 acres): Similar characteristics to the Barx <br />with 1 -3% slopes (listed above). <br />• Progresso loam, 3 -6% slopes (30.7 acres): These soils are formed on sandstone <br />derived alluvium located on structural benches, old terraces and mesas. Profile <br />depths extend to 36 -40" below surface and contain a greater clay content in the upper <br />profile compared to the Barx soil map unit. The Progresso soils are non - saline and <br />non - sodic. <br />• Pinon -Ustic Torriorthents Complex, 5 -30% slopes (0.3 acres): These soils are formed <br />on colluviums and residuum derived from sandstone and shale located on hills and <br />ridges. Soils are thinner than the Barx and are non - saline and non - sodic. <br />3.2. 1988 Soil Resource Survey <br />The 1988 Soil Resource Survey (Peabody soil survey) concentrated on the soils found to the East <br />and North of the Morgan Property. The Peabody soil survey results for the Morgan Property <br />area of the survey is shown in Figure 4. The survey did not include the western 17 acres of the <br />Morgan Property. Four soil sample points were evaluated within the Morgan Property (Figure 4) <br />with four mapping units being described on the Morgan Property. <br />• Travessilla -Pinon channery sandy loams Complex, 3 -30% slopes; <br />• Lithic Haplaquolls, 1 -6% slopes; <br />• Barx sandy loam, 14% slopes; <br />• Lithic/Typic Haplaquolls, shallow to deep, 1 -3% slopes <br />Soil test pit descriptions from the Peabody soil report are located in Appendix A. Only two soil <br />test pits located within the Morgan Property (9, 10) were described in detail in this survey <br />(Appendix A). Field determinations by the soil scientist resulted in soil test pit 9 being classified <br />as Mivida as an inclusion in map unit 70B, and soil test pits 10, 11, and 12 as Barx in soil map <br />unit 70B. Soil test pit 13 was identified as soil map unit 1 E, a Travessilla- Pinon. <br />Laboratory Data <br />Soils from the test pits (96 -09 and 96 -10) were sampled and analyzed for selected parameters. <br />Laboratory results are summarized in Tables 1 to 2 and are discussed below. <br />Soil textures were predominately sandy loam and sandy clay loams for the 96 -10 soil test pit and <br />sands, loamy sands and sandy loams for test pit 96 -09 (Table 1). Coarse fragments ( >2mm) were <br />Morgan Property Soil Survey Page 6 <br />