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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />68C—Rabbitears loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: kOgy <br />Elevation. 6,800 to 7,900 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 19 to 26 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 41 to 43 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 50 to 80 days <br />Farmland classification- Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Rabbitears and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Rabbitears <br />Setting <br />Landform- Hills <br />Landform position (three-dimensional) Head slope, nose slope, side slope, <br />interfluve <br />Down-slope shape. Concave, convex <br />Across -slope shape. Convex, concave <br />Parent material- Slope alluvium and/or colluvium derived from sandstone and shale <br />Typical profile <br />Al - 0 to 7 inches: loam <br />A2 - 7 to 22 inches: loam <br />Bt1 - 22 to 26 inches: sandy clay loam <br />Bt2 - 26 to 38 inches: gravelly clay loam <br />Bt3 - 38 to 54 inches: gravelly sandy clay loam <br />C - 54 to 60 inches: gravelly sandy loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope. 3 to 12 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class: Medium <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br />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 />Salinity, maximum in profile. Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 8.5 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated) - 6c <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br />Ecological site. Mountain Loam (R048AY228CO) <br />14 <br />