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Map Unit Description:Hesperus loam,3 to 25 percent slopes,very stony—Moffat County Area, Fedinec Pit <br /> Colorado <br /> Moffat County Area, Colorado <br /> 101—Hesperus loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes, very stony <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jp76 <br /> Elevation: 6,600 to 7,600 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 16 to 18 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 40 to 43 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 65 to 85 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Hesperus and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components. 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of <br /> the mapunit. <br /> Description of Hesperus <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plateaus, mountainsides <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Mountainflank <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Colluvium and residuum derived from sandstone <br /> mantled by basalt rock fragments <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 12 inches: loam <br /> H2- 12 to 45 inches: clay loam <br /> H3-45 to 60 inches: clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 25 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 (0.20 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: 10 percent <br /> Available water storage in profile: High (about 11.1 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Brushy Loam (R048AY238CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating. No <br /> (USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 12/27/2016 <br /> Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />