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Map Unit Description Otero sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes -- -Weld County, Colorado, <br />Northern Part <br />Weld County, Colorado, Northern Part <br />47 —Otero sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,500 to 5,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 130 to 180 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Otero and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Description of Otero <br />Setting <br />Landform: Fans, plains <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Calcareous loamy alluvium and /or colluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 9 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 <br />(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 5.95 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: 10 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/ <br />cm) <br />Available water capacity: Very high (about 14.8 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 6e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R067BY024CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 5 inches: Sandy loam <br />5 to 60 inches: Fine sandy loam, sandy loam <br />Minor Components <br />Stoneham <br />Percent of map unit: 7 percent <br />Kim <br />Percent of map unit: 3 percent <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/20/2013 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />