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Unit Description: Archuleta- Sanchez complex, 12 to 65 percent slopes —La Plata County Area, Colorado Description of Archuleta SLOPE ABOVE EAST CLRWrR DITCH @ KING II MINE Setting Landform: Mountainsides, ridges, hills Landform position (three- dimensional): Mountainflank, side slope Down -slope shape: Linear, convex Across -slope shape: Linear, convex Parent material: Residuum weathered from interbedded sandstone and shale Properties and qualities Slope: 12 to 65 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to paralithic bedrock Drainage class: Well drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in /hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Available water capacity: Low (about 3.6 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability (nonirrigated): 7e Typical profile • 0 to 4 inches: Loam 4 to 12 inches: Clay loam, loam, gravelly clay loam 12 to 16 inches: Unweathered bedrock Description of Sanchez Setting Landform: Hills, mountainsides, ridges Landform position (three - dimensional): Mountainflank, side slope Down -slope shape: Linear Across -slope shape: Linear Parent material: Residuum weathered from interbedded sandstone and shale Properties and qualities Slope: 12 to 45 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to lithic bedrock Drainage class: Well drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in /hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 1.0 mmhos /cm) Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 2.0 Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.9 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability (nonirrigated): 7e U SDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/17/2009 Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 3 of 4