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Map Unit Description: Haxtun loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes —Yuma County, Colorado <br />Yuma County, Colorado <br />18— Haxtun loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 2s7wd <br />Elevation: 3,480 to 4,720 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 23 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period. 130 to 160 days <br />Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Haxtun and similarsoils: 90 percent <br />Minor components. 10 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transacts of the <br />mapunit. <br />Description of Haxtun <br />Setting <br />Landform: Interdunes <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Eolian deposits <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 9 inches: loamy sand <br />Bt1- 9 to 23 inches: sandy clay loam <br />2Bt2 - 23 to 39 inches. clay loam <br />2C - 39 to 79 inches. loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class. Well drained <br />Runoff class: Low <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Moderately high (0.20 to 0.60 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: 14 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile. Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Available water storage in profile. Moderate (about 8.2 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3c <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br />Ecological site: Sandy plains (R067BY024CO) <br />usn9 Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 2/18/2015 <br />r� Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />