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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />68D—Rabbitears loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: kOgz <br />Elevation- 6,600 to 7,600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 19 to 24 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 40 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 - 90 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, base <br />slope <br />Down-slope shape. Convex, concave <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 14 inches loam <br />Bt1 - 14 to 22 inches: clay loam <br />Bt2 - 22 to 34 inches: clay loam <br />Bt3 - 34 to 48 inches: clay loam <br />Bk - 48 to 60 inches: loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 12 to 25 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class- High <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high <br />(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding None <br />Frequency of ponding. None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 10 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: High (about 10.8 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group. B <br />Ecological site: Mountain Loam (R048AY228CO) <br />15 <br />