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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 78—Weld loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 363y <br /> Elevation: 4,850 to 5,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 100 to 155 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Weld and similar soils. 80 percent <br /> Minor components: 20 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Weld <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 - 0 to 8 inches: loam <br /> H2- 8 to 15 inches: clay <br /> H3- 15 to 60 inches: silt loam <br /> H4- 60 to 64 inches. silt loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 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: 6 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 10.2 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 2s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R067BY002CO) <br /> 11 <br />