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Map Unit Description--LarimerCounty Area, Colorado; and Weld County, Colorado, Southern <br />Part <br />Fort collins <br />Percent of map unit: 2 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Aquic haplustolls <br />Percent of map unit: 1 percent <br />Landform: Swales <br />Hydric soil rating: Yes <br />64—Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: jpx9 <br />Elevation: 4,800 to 5,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 135 to 150 days <br />Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Loveland and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the <br />mapunit. <br />Description of Loveland <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains, 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 />H1 - 0 to 15 inches: <br />clay loam <br />H2 - 15 to 32 inches: <br />clay loam, silty clay loam, loam <br />H2 - 15 to 32 inches: <br />very gravelly sand, gravelly sand, gravelly <br />coarse sand <br />H2 - 15 to 32 inches: <br />H3 - 32 to 60 inches: <br />H3 - 32 to 60 inches: <br />H3 - 32 to 60 inches: <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope. 0 to 1 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Poorly 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: About 18 to 36 inches <br />LSDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/9/2016 <br />s Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 4 of 22 <br />