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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />[Minor map unit components are excluded from this report] <br />Map unit: 96 - Weld-Norka silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />Component: Weld (45%) <br />The Weld component makes up 45 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 0 to 3 percent. This component is on interfluves. The parent <br />material consists of clayey loess, calcareous. Depth to a root restrictive layer is greater than 60 inches. The natural drainage class is well <br />drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately low. Available water to a depth of 60 inches (or restricted depth) is <br />high. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. It is not ponded. There is no zone of water saturation within a depth of 72 <br />inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 2 percent. This component is in the R067BY002CO Loamy Plains <br />ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 3e. irrigated land capability classification is 2e. This soil does not meet hydric <br />criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. <br />Component: Norka (40%) <br />The Norka component makes up 40 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 0 to 3 percent. This component is on interfluves. The parent <br />material consists of fine -silty loess, calcareous. Depth to a root restrictive layer is greater than 60 inches. The natural drainage class is <br />well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately high. Available water to a depth of 60 inches (or restricted <br />depth) is high. Shrink -swell potential is moderate. This soil is not flooded. It is not ponded. There is no zone of water saturation within a <br />depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 2 percent. This component is in the R067BY002CO Loamy <br />Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 3e. Irrigated land capability classification is 2e. This soil does not meet <br />hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. <br />Map unit: 14 - Canyon -Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes <br />Component: Canyon (40%) <br />The Canyon component makes up 40 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 5 to 60 percent. This component is on hills. The parent <br />material consists of loamy residuum weathered from sandstone, calcareous. Depth to a root restrictive layer, bedrock, paralithic, is 10 to <br />20 inches. The natural drainage class is well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately high. Available water <br />to a depth of 60 inches (or restricted depth) is very low. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. It is not ponded. There is no <br />zone of water saturation within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 1 percent. This component is <br />in the R072XY06000 Limestone Breaks ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 7s. This soil does not meet hydric <br />criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 6 percent. There are no saline horizons within 30 <br />inches of the soil surface. <br />Component: Rock outcrop (30%) <br />Generated brief soil descriptions are created for major soil components. The Rock outcrop is a miscellaneous area. <br />Map unit: 22 - Eckley-Wages complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes <br />Component: Eckley (40%) <br />The Eckley component makes up 40 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 4 to 20 percent. This component is on hills. The parent material <br />consists of fine -loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly alluvium. Depth to a root restrictive layer inches, strongly contrasting <br />textural stratification,. The natural drainage class is well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately high. <br />Available water to a depth of 60 inches (or restricted depth) is low. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. it is not ponded. <br />There is no zone of water saturation within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 2 percent. This <br />component is in the R067BY063CO Gravel Breaks ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 6e. Irrigated land <br />capability classification is 6e. This Soil does not meet hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does <br />not exceed 3 percent. <br />Component: Wages (30%) <br />The Wages component makes up 30 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 4 to 12 percent. This component is on hills. The parent material <br />consists of fine -loamy eolian deposits over fine -loamy alluvium. Depth to a root restrictive layer is greater than 60 inches. The natural <br />drainage class is well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately high. Available water to a depth of 60 inches <br />USDA Natural Resources <br />Survey Area Version: 10 <br />Conservation Service Survey Area Version Date: 09/23/2014 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />