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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Minor Components <br /> Otero <br /> Percent of map unit: 20 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 63—Otero fine sandy loam, 1 to 9 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jnn6 <br /> Elevation: 6,300 to 7,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 100 to 130 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Otero and similar soils. 75 percent <br /> Minor components: 25 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Otero <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Landform position (two-dimensional)- Footslope <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Calcareous eolian deposits and/or sandy alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> A- 0 to 6 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> C- 6 to 60 inches: sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 9 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat). High (2.00 to 6.00 <br /> 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 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 7.3 inches) <br /> 14 069 <br />