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Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Plains(R067BY024C0) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Blakeland <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Truckton <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> FnC—Fort sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2t501 <br /> Elevation: 4,000 to 6,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 125 to 170 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Fort and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Fort <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: I nterfluves <br /> Landform position(two-dimensional): Backsiope,summit <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Side slope <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Eolian deposits and/or alluvium derived from sedimentary rock <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 6 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt-6 to 14 inches: loam <br /> Btk- 14 to 26 inches: loam <br /> Bk-26 to 79 inches: loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 5 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> 51 <br />