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Map Unit Descriptio n--Larimer County Area, Colorado; and Weld County, Colorado, Southern <br />Part <br />Runoff class: Very low <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Moderately high to high (0.57 to 5.95 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 />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 <br />mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 7.7 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 />Kim <br />Vona <br />Percent of map unit. 12 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Percent of map unit: 3 percent <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />61—Tassel fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 363c <br />Elevation: 4,850 to 5,200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 19 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 110 to 165 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Tassel and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the <br />mapunit. <br />Description of Tassel <br />Setting <br />Landform: Breaks <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Residuum weathered from sandstone <br />LSD,N Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 11/9/2016 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 20 of 22 <br />