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Map Unit Description: Julesburg loamy sand, 3 to 7 percent slopes —Yuma County, Colorado <br />Yuma County, Colorado <br />23—Julesburg loamy sand, 3 to 7 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 35xn <br />Elevation: 4,100 to 4,800 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 19 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 145 to 155 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Julesburg and similar soils: 60 percent <br />Minor components: 40 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the <br />mapunit. <br />Description of Julesburg <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Eolian sands <br />Typical profile <br />H1- 0 to 11 inches: loamy sand <br />H2 - 11 to 19 inches: sandy loam <br />H3 - 19 to 60 inches. 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 />Runoff class: Low <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 />Available waterstorage in profile. Low (about 5.8 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 4e <br />Land capability classfcation (nonirrigated): 6e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br />Ecological site: Deep sands (R072XY016CO) <br />Minor Components <br />Manter <br />Percent of map unit. 28 percent <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 2118/2016 <br />i Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />