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Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br /> 26—Kim fine sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> Elevation: 5,500 to 6,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 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 /> Kim and similar soils: 80 percent <br /> Minor components:20 percent <br /> Description of Kim <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 loamy eolian deposits <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(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.60 to 2.00 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: 15 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water capacity: High (about 9.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Land capability(nonirrigated): 6c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R069XY006CO) <br /> Typical profile <br /> 0 to 6 inches: Fine sandy loam <br /> 6 to 60 inches: Loam <br /> Minor Components <br /> Otero <br /> Percent of map unit: 15 percent <br /> Travesilla <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />