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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 72—Monchego sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. k121 <br /> Elevation: 9,400 to 9,600 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 35 to 39 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 50 to 80 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Monchego and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Monchego <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Stream terraces <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> Oe-0 to 3 inches: moderately decomposed plant material <br /> A 1 -3 to 11 inches: sandy loam <br /> A2- 11 to 17 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> 2Bw- 17 to 22 inches: gravelly loamy coarse sand <br /> 2C1 -22 to 33 inches: very gravelly coarse sand <br /> 2C2-33 to 39 inches: very gravelly coarse sand <br /> 2C3-39 to 63 inches: very gravelly coarse sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: 16 to 22 inches to strongly contrasting textural <br /> stratification <br /> Natural drainage class: Moderately well drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 40 to 60 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Rare <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: Very low(about 2.0 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Dry Mountain Swale(R048BY28000) <br /> 19 <br />