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Map Unit Description: Peetz gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes -- -Weld County, <br />Colorado, Northern Part <br />Weld County, Colorado, Northern Part <br />51 —Peetz gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 3,500 to 6,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 120 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Peetz and similar soils: 80 percent <br />Minor components: 20 percent <br />Description of Peetz <br />Setting <br />Landform: Breaks, ridges <br />Landform position (two- dimensional): Backslope, shoulder <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Calcareous gravelly alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 20 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br />Capacityof the most limiting layerto transmit water(Ksat).- High (2.00 <br />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: 20 percent <br />Available water capacity. Low (about 3.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 6e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 6e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br />Ecological site: Gravel Breaks (R067BY063CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Gravelly sandy loam <br />4 to 60 inches: Very gravelly sand <br />Minor Components <br />Wages <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />Altvan <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/20/2013 <br />�� Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />