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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Yuma County, Colorado <br /> 15—Eckley gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> Elevation: 4,200 to 5,200 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 145 to 155 days <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Eckley and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Description of Eckley <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Ephemeral streams, low hills, ridges <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Old gravelly alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 - 0 to 5 inches: neutral, gravelly sandy loam <br /> H2 - 5 to 15 inches: neutral, gravelly sandy clay loam <br /> H3- 15 to 60 inches: neutral, gravelly sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 7 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.20 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 in profile: 5 percent <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low (about 4.3 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 6e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Gravel Breaks (R072XY062CO) <br /> Minor Components <br /> Ascalon <br /> Percent of map unit: 15 percent <br /> 11 <br />