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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br />16—Farisita very gravelly sandy loam, 10 to 35 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol. jnlj <br />Elevation: 6,000 to 7,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 100 to 130 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Farisita and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Farisita <br />Setting <br />Landform: Ridges, hills <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Gravelly colluvium andior residuum weathered from sandstone & <br />conglomerate <br />Typical profile <br />A - 0 to 4 inches: very gravelly sandy loam <br />AC - 4 to 12 inches: coarse sandy loam <br />Cr - 12 to 24 inches: weathered bedrock <br />R - 24 to 28 inches: unweathered bedrock <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 10 to 35 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): Moderately low to <br />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 />Available water storage in profile: Very low (about 1.0 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: D <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Minor Components <br />Progresso <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />9 <br />