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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Class 5 soils are subject to little or no erosion but have other limitations, <br /> impractical to remove, that restrict their use mainly to pasture, rangeland, <br /> forestland, or wildlife habitat. <br /> - Class 6 soils have severe limitations that make them generally unsuitable for <br /> cultivation and that restrict their use mainly to pasture, rangeland, forestland, or <br /> wildlife habitat. <br /> Class 7 soils have very severe limitations that make them unsuitable for <br /> cultivation and that restrict their use mainly to grazing, forestland, or wildlife <br /> habitat. <br /> Class 8 soils and miscellaneous areas have limitations that preclude commercial <br /> plant production and that restrict their use to recreational purposes, wildlife <br /> habitat, watershed, or esthetic purposes. <br /> Capability subclasses are soil groups within one class.They are designated by adding <br /> a small letter, e, w, s, or c, to the class numeral, for example, 2e. The letter a shows <br /> that the main hazard is the risk of erosion unless close-growing plant cover is <br /> maintained; w shows that water in or on the soil interferes with plant growth or <br /> cultivation (in some soils the wetness can be partly corrected by artificial drainage); <br /> s shows that the soil is limited mainly because it is shallow, droughty, or stony; and <br /> c, used in only some parts of the United States,shows that the chief limitation is climate <br /> that is very cold or very dry. <br /> In class 1 there are no subclasses because the soils of this class have few limitations. <br /> Class 5 contains only the subclasses indicated by w, s, or c because the soils in class <br /> 5 are subject to little or no erosion. <br /> Report—Land Capability Classification <br /> Land Capability Classification—Otero County,Colorado <br /> Map unit symbol and name Pct.of Component name Land Capability <br /> map unit Subclass <br /> Nonirrigat Irrigated <br /> ed <br /> CwA—Cheraw clay loam,0 to 2 percent slopes, <br /> occasionally flooded <br /> 85 Cheraw 6c 2w <br /> KnB—Kornman-Numa clay loams,1 to 3 percent <br /> slopes,very rarely flooded <br /> 50 Kornman,very rarely flooded 6c 2c <br /> 40 Numa,very rarely flooded 6c 2c <br /> RfB—Rocky Ford silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent <br /> slopes,very rarely flooded <br /> I <br /> 85 Rocky ford,very rarely flooded 6c 2c <br /> Soil Chemical Properties <br /> This folder contains a collection of tabular reports that present soil chemical properties. <br /> The reports(tables)include all selected map units and components for each map unit. <br /> 46 <br />