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Map Unit Description--Larimer County Area, Colorado; and Weld County, Colorado, Southern <br />Part <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 />Tassel 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 Tassel <br />Setting <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Material weathered from sandstone <br />Typical profile <br />H1 - 0 to 3 inches: sandy loam <br />H2 - 3 to 12 inches: fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand, sandy <br />loam <br />H2 - 3 to 12 inches: weathered bedrock <br />H2 - 3 to 12 inches: <br />H3 - 12 to 16 inches: <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 25 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to paralithic bedrock <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class: Very high <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 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: 15 percent <br />Available waterstorage in profile: Low (about 3.8 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: D <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Minor Components <br />Nelson <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />LSD:N Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/9/2016 <br />�� Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 10 of 22 <br />