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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Ecological site: Saline Overflow LRU's A& B (R069XY037C0) <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 />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4c <br />14