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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 85—Redspoon-Chubbs complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. k12j <br /> Elevation: 8,800 to 10,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 10 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 /> Redspoon and similar soils: 55 percent <br /> Chubbs and similar soils: 30 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Redspoon <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Pediments <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Side slope, base slope <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Slope alluvium derived from sandstone <br /> Typical profile <br /> A1-0 to 4 inches: loamy fine sand <br /> A2-4 to 8 inches: very fine sandy loam <br /> Bw1-8 to 12 inches: parachannery very fine sandy loam <br /> Bw2- 12 to 25 inches: extremely parachannery very fine sandy loam <br /> Crk-25 to 35 inches: bedrock <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 8 to 45 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: 20 to 40 inches to paralithic bedrock <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <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: 2 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 1.3 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 7e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Mountain Loam 10-16" P.Z. (R048BY225CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 22 <br />