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Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 16 inches <br />• Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />• Frost free period: 135 to 155 days <br />• Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />• Fort collins and similar soils: 55 percent <br />• Karval and similar soils: 35 percent <br />• Minor components: 10 percent <br />• Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the <br />mapunit. <br />Description of Fort Collins <br />Setting <br />• Landform: Hills <br />• Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />• Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />• Parent material: Alluvium and/or eolian deposits <br />Typical profile <br />• A - 0 to 7 inches: loam <br />• Bt- 7 to 13 inches: clay loam <br />• Bk1-13 to 30 inches: loam <br />Bk2 - 30 to 60 inches: loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />• Slope: 5 to 10 percent <br />• Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />