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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />Map unit: 22 - Eckley-Wages complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes <br />Component: Wages (30%) <br />(or restricted depth) is moderate. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. it is not ponded. There is no zone of water <br />saturation within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 2 percent. This component is in the <br />R067BY002CO Loamy Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 6e. Irrigated land capability classification is 6e. <br />This soil does not meet hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. <br />Map unit: 26 -Goshen sift loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded <br />Component: Goshen (85%) <br />The Goshen component makes up 85 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 0 to 2 percent. This component is on drainageways. The <br />parent material consists of fine -silty alluvium. 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 high. Available water to a depth of 60 inches (or restricted depth) is <br />high. Shrink -swell potential is moderate. This soil is rarely flooded. it is not ponded. There is no zone of water saturation within a depth <br />of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 3 percent. This component is in the R072XY036CO Overflow <br />ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 2c. Irrigated land capability classification is 2e. This soil does not meet hydric <br />criteria. <br />Map unit: 40 - Kimst-Wages sandy clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes <br />Component: Kimst (60%) <br />The Kimst component makes up 60 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 1 to 6 percent. This component is on plains_ 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 />(or restricted depth) is high. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. it is not ponded. There is no zone of water saturation <br />within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 1 percent. This component is in the R067BY002CO <br />Loamy Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 4e. Irrigated land capability classification is 4e. This soil does <br />not meet hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. There are no saline <br />horizons within 30 inches of the soil surface. <br />Component: Wages (20%) <br />The Wages component makes up 20 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 2 to 6 percent. This component is on plains. The parent <br />material consists of fine -loamy eolian deposits over fine -loamy alluvium. Depth to a root restrictive layer is greater than 60 inches. The <br />natural drainage class is well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is moderately high. Available water to a depth of 60 <br />inches (or restricted depth) is moderate. Shrink -swell potential is low. This soil is not flooded. it is not ponded. There is no zone of water <br />saturation within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 2 percent. This component is in the <br />R067BY002CO Loamy Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 4e. Irrigated land capability classification is 4e. <br />This soil does not meet hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. <br />Map unit: 51 - Midway -Razor clay loams, 5 to 15 percent slopes <br />Component: Midway (45%) <br />The Midway component makes up 45 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 5 to 15 percent. This component is on hills. The parent <br />material consists of clayey residuum weathered from shale, calcareous. Depth to a root restrictive layer, bedrock, paralithic, is 6 to 20 <br />inches. The natural drainage class is well drained. Water movement in the most restrictive layer is very low. Available water to a depth <br />of 60 inches (or restricted depth) is very low. Shrink -swell potential is high. This soil is not flooded. It is not ponded. There is no zone of <br />water saturation within a depth of 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 1 percent. This component is in the <br />R067BY045CO Shay Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated land capability classification is 7e. Irrigated land capability classification is 7e. <br />This soil does not meet hydric criteria. The calcium carbonate equivalent within 40 inches, typically, does not exceed 10 percent. The soil <br />has a slightly saline horizon within 30 inches of the soil surface. The soil has a maximum sodium adsorption ratio of 8 within 30 inches of <br />the soil surface. <br />Component: Razor (35%) <br />The Razor component makes up 35 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 5 to 15 percent. This component is on hills. The parent material <br />USDA Natural Resources <br />Survey Area Version: 10 <br />Conservation Service Survey Area Version Date: 09/23/2014 Page 2 of 4 <br />