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Map Unit Description:Kim loam,3 to 8 percent slopes---Fremont County Area,Colorado JJ Stone Pit#1 Amendment <br /> Fremont County Area, Colorado <br /> 49—Kim loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jqjp <br /> Elevation: 5,200 to 5,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 13 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 51 to 53 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 150 to 170 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Kim and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the <br /> mapunit. <br /> Description of Kim <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Fan terraces, plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Loamy alluvium and/or eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> A - 0 to 3 inches: loam <br /> C-3 to 60 inches: clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 8 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): <br /> Moderately high to high (0.60 to 2.00 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 /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline(0.0 to 4.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: High (about 10.1 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 6c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Loamy Plains, LRU's A&B 10-14 Inches, P.Z. <br /> (R069XY006CO) <br /> USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 8/9/2016 <br /> Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />