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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Mesa County Area, Colorado <br /> Fg—Fruitvale clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: kOc5 <br /> Elevation: 4,500 to 4,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 8 to 10 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 150 to 190 days <br /> Farmland classification. Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Fruitvale 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 Fruitvale <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale over residuum <br /> weathered from clayey shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 4 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk1 -4 to 8 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk2- 8 to 12 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk3- 12 to 20 inches: silty clay loam <br /> 2Bkyz1 -20 to 24 inches: silty clay loam <br /> 2Bkyz2-24 to 47 inches: silty clay loam <br /> 2BCky-47 to 60 inches: silty clay <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 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 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: 15 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum in profile: 10 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Slightly saline to moderately saline(4.0 to 8.0 mmhos/ <br /> cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile. High (about 10.6 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7c <br /> 12 <br />