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14 Soil survey <br /> r - <br /> r � <br /> :.a <br /> 4' <br /> •-.z.-r _"'�d+i1.':.ice-,-'�"� .`tx .'T-�`+ <br /> Figure 1.—Formerly gullied area of Coutis sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, backsloped and seeded to pubescent wheatgrass• <br /> western wheatgrass, and clover. <br /> livestock water developments help to prevent range complex, and the Coutis soil makes up 35 percent. The <br /> deterioration and promote production of the more Feltonia soil is on the tops of roiling terraces, and the <br /> desirable plant species. In renovating, seed should be Coutis soil is on foot slopes along drainageways. <br /> drilled into a well-prepared, firm, weed-free seedbed. Included with this complex in mapping are areas of <br /> Suitable grasses for seeding are intermediate Silvercliff cobbly sandy loam along terraces edges. They <br /> wheatgrass, pubescent wheatgrass, wes'.-ern wheatgrass, make up about 15 percent of the complex. <br /> and Arizona fescue. The Feltonia soil is deep and well drained. It formed in <br /> The soil is well suited to use as homesites. The towns alluvium. Typically, the surface layer is grayish brown <br /> of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff are on this soil. sandy loam 8 inches thick. The subsoil is darts grayish <br /> This soil is in capability subclass Vie, nonirrigated. brown gravelly sandy loam 11 inches thick. The <br /> substratum is light brownish gray gravelly sandy loam in <br /> the upper 13 inches and is white very gravelly sandy <br /> 11—Feltonia-Coutis sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. The sod is mildly <br /> slopes.This complex is on fans and terraces. Elevation alkaline to a depth of 19 inches and moderately alkaline <br /> is 7,800 to 8,500 feet.The average annual precipitation and calcareous below that depth. <br /> is 14 to 17 inches, the average annual air temperature is permeability of this Feltonia soil is moderate, and the <br /> 40 to 44 degrees F, and the frost-free season is 55 to 75 available water capacity is low. The effective rooting <br /> days. depth is 60 inches or more. Root growth is somewhat <br /> The Feltonia soil makes up 50 percent of this restricted by the high content of calcium caMonato. at a <br />