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Map Unit Description--Larimer County Area. Colorado, and Weld County, Colorado, Southern <br />Part <br />H2 - 15 to 60 inches: <br />H2 - 15 to 60 inches: <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 5 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br />Runoff class: Very low <br />Capacity of the most limiting layerto transmit water (Ksat): High(2.00 <br />to 6.00 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: 5 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 <br />mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: Very high (about 15.3 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R067BY024CO) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Minor Components <br />Ascalon <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Kim <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Nelson <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />80—Otero-Nelson sandy loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: jpxw <br />Elevation: 4,800 to 5,600 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: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Otero and similar soils: 50 percent <br />Nelson and similar soils: 35 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/9/2016 <br />�t Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 6 of 22 <br />