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Typical profile <br />0 to 3 inches - clay loam <br />3 to 21 inches - clay loam <br />21 to 38 inches - clay loam <br />38 to 60 inches - sandy clay loam <br />Minor Components <br />Nyswonger and similar soils <br />Composition: About 5 percent <br />Major Uses <br />Hay, livestock grazing, wildlife habitat <br />71 - Nyswonger silt clay loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Major Land Resource Area: 35 <br />Elevation: 4,900 to 6,800 feet (1,494 to 2,073 meters) <br />Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches (254 to 356 millimeters) <br />Average annual air temperature: 46 to 49 degrees F (8 to 10 degrees C) <br />Frost -free period: 110 to 140 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Nyswonger and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Component Descriptions <br />Nyswonger soils <br />Landform: Alluvial fan, valley floor, terrace <br />Parent material: Alluvium derived from sandstone and shale <br />Slope: 1 to 4 percent <br />Drainage Class: Moderately well drained <br />Slowest permeability: Slow <br />Available water capacity <br />About 9.2 inches (high) <br />Section 2.04.9 Page 8 Sept. 2015 (TR -11) <br />