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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Mesa County Area, Colorado <br /> Mv—Gypimack clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: kOcx <br /> Elevation: 4,600 to 4,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 7 to 10 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 51 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 150 to 190 days <br /> Farmland classification. Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Gypimack and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Gypimack <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Alluvium derived from sandstone and shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap- 0 to 5 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk-5 to 10 inches: clay loam <br /> Btky1 - 10 to 20 inches: clay loam <br /> Btky2-20 to 32 inches: clay loam <br /> Bky1 -32 to 39 inches: gypsiferous sandy clay loam <br /> Bky2-39 to 48 inches: loam <br /> Bky3-48 to 80 inches: loam <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 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 /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 25 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum in profile: 20 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Very slightly saline to slightly saline(2.0 to 4.0 mmhos/ <br /> cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 10.0 <br /> Available waterstorage in profile. High (about 10.8 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7c <br /> 12 <br />