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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> GaA—Gas Creek sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jqf2 <br /> Elevation: 7,800 to 8,500 feet <br /> Frost-free period: 50 to 70 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Gas creek and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Gas Creek <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Streams, flood plains, drainageways, stream terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Recent, cobbly, mixed parent alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> Oi-0 to 3 inches: slightly decomposed plant material <br /> H1 -3 to 7 inches: sandy loam <br /> H2- 7 to 15 inches: very cobbly sandy loam <br /> H3- 15 to 60 inches: very cobbly sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 0 to 36 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Rare <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Very low (about 2.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 6s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A/D <br /> 14 <br />