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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> El Paso County Area, Colorado <br /> 12—Bresser sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 367g <br /> Elevation: 6,000 to 6,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 50 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 125 to 145 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and the product of I(soil erodibility) <br /> x C (climate factor) does not exceed 60 <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Bresser and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Bresser <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Terraces <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Alluvium derived from arkose and/or residuum <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 8 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt- 8 to 27 inches. sandy clay loam <br /> BC-27 to 36 inches: sandy loam <br /> C-36 to 60 inches: loamy coarse sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 5 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br /> to 0.60 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: Moderate (about 6.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Foothill (R049BY21000) <br /> Minor Components <br /> Other soils <br /> Percent of map unit: <br /> Pleasant <br /> Percent of map unit: <br /> 12 <br />