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Kit Carson County, Colorado 8 <br /> Elevation:4,301 to 5,200 feet Surface layer texture:Loam <br /> Mean annual precipitation:13 to 16 inches Depth to restrictive feature:More than 60 inches <br /> Frost-free period.145 to 148 days Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Note:This map unit is on moderately sloping and Parent material:Fine-loamy eolian deposits over fine- <br /> strongly sloping hills.The Stoneham soil is on side loamy alluvium <br /> slopes.The Kimst soil is on summits and Native plant cover type:Rangeland <br /> shoulders.The Fort Collins soil is on toeslopes Flooding.None <br /> and footslopes.The native vegetation is mainly Available water capacity:Mainly 10.4 inches <br /> grasses. Typical profile. <br /> Component Description A-0 to 5 inches;loam <br /> BA-5 to 9 inches; loam <br /> Stoneham and similar soils Bt-9 to 19 inches;clay loam <br /> Percent of the map unit:40 percent BCk-19 to 26 inches;clay loam <br /> Landform:Hills Ck-26 to 60 inches; loam <br /> Slope range:5 to 9 percent Additional components <br /> Surface layer texture:Loam Eckley and similar soils:5 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature:More than 60 inches Rock outcrop:5 percent <br /> Drainage class:Well drained Sampson and similar soils:5 percent <br /> Parent material:Fine-loamy eolian deposits over fine- Olnest and similar soils: 3 percent <br /> loamy alluvium Vona and similar soils:2 percent <br /> Native plant cover type:Rangeland <br /> Flooding:None Management <br /> Available water capacity:Mainly 10.6 inches Major uses:Rangeland(fig.5) <br /> Typical profile: This map unit is not suited to nonirrigated crops <br /> A-0 to 3 inches;loam because of the slope and the hazard of water erosion <br /> Bt-3 to 6 inches;clay loam Controlled livestock management is the major <br /> Btk-6 to 10 inches;clay loam management practice needed on this map unit. <br /> Bk1-10 to 27 inches; loam The main limitations affecting windbreaks and <br /> Bk2-27 to 60 inches; loam environmental plantings are the slope, low <br /> Kimst and similar soils precipitation,and the hazards of water erosion and <br /> Percent of the map unit 20 percent soil blowing.The Kimst soil is also limited by lime- <br /> Landform:Hills induced chlorosis.This map unit is not suited to <br /> Land1brm element:Summits,shoulders windbreaks and environmental plantings in areas <br /> Slope range.5 to 15 percent where the slope is more than 9 percent. Planting the <br /> Surface layer texture:Loam trees on the contour helps to conserve moisture. <br /> Depth to restrictive feature:More than 60 inches Shrubs and trees that are not sensitive to lime- <br /> Drainage class:Well drained induced chlorosis are suitable for use in windbreaks <br /> Parent material:Fine-loamy eolian deposits over fine- on the Kimst soil. <br /> loamy alluvium <br /> Native plant cover type:Rangeland <br /> Flooding:None 83--Ulmet loam, l to 3 percent slopes <br /> Available water capacity:Mainly 10.5 inches Setting <br /> Typical profile: <br /> A-0 to 6 inches; loam Location:This map unit occurs in the southwestern <br /> AC-6 to 12 inches;loam part of the survey area. <br /> C-12 to 60 inches;loam Elevation:4,301 to 5,200 feet <br /> Fort Collins and similar soils Mean annual precipitation:14 to 16 inches <br /> Frost-free period.145 to 148 days <br /> Percent of the map unit.20 percent Note:This very deep,well drained soil is on nearly <br /> Landform:Hills level and gently sloping plains.It formed in <br /> Landform element:Toeslopes,footslopes alluvium.The native vegetation is mainly <br /> Slope range:5 to 9 percent grasses. <br />