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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Elbert County, Colorado, Eastern Part <br /> AnC—Ascalon sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2tlnt <br /> Elevation: 3,550 to 5,970 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 135 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and the product of I(soil <br /> erodibility)x C(climate factor)does not exceed 60 <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Ascalon and similar soils: 80 percent <br /> Minor components: 20 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations,descriptions,and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Ascalon <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Interliuves <br /> Landform position(two-dimensional): Shoulder,summit <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Interfluve <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Wind-reworked alluvium and/or calcareous sandy eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 6 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt1-6 to 12 inches: sandy day loam <br /> Bt2-12 to 19 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bk-19 to 35 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> C-35 to 80 inches: sandy loam <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 to <br /> high(0.60 to 6.00 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: 10 percent <br /> Salinity,maximum in profile: Nonsaline(0.1 to 1.9 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio,maximum in profile: 1.0 <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate(about 6.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> 47 <br />