2018-01-03_PERMIT FILE - C1981010 (7)

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C - 8 to 20 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely channery sandy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) moist; weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 45 percent channers, 20 percent flagstones; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. C2 - 20 to 28 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) channery clay loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) moist; weak medium blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, sticky and slightly plastic; 20 percent channers, 60 percent soft shale fragments; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline. Borolls Series Map Unit. 206 Depth class: moderately deep to very deep Drainage Class: well drained Slowest permeability: 0.2 to 0.6 in./hr. (moderately slow) Landform: mountainsides Position on landform: backslopes, footslopes Parent material. residuum and colluvium derived from sedimentary rocks Elevation: 7,000 to 8,500 feet (2,134 to 2,591 meters) Slope: 25 to 75 percent Climatic data: (406 to 508 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 37 to 45 degrees F (2.8 to 7.2 degrees C) Frost -free period: 50 to 85 days Taxonomic class: Borolls Typical Pedon Map Unit in which located. Ustorthents, frigid-Borolls complex, 25 to 75 percent slopes Al - 0 to 10 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; moderate find granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; neutral; clear smooth boundary. Range in Characteristics Particle -size control section (weighted average) Rock fragment content. 15 to 65 percent Depth to effervescence: 5 or more inches Depth to lithic or paralithic contact. 10 to 30 inches A horizon: Hue: 7.5YR throuoh 2.5Y Texture: very channery sandy loam, channery clay loam, or channery loam C and C2 horizons: Hue: 5YR through 2.5Y Texture: extremely channery sandy loam, channery clay loam, or channery loam A2 - 10 to 19 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak fine subangular blocky; soft, very friable, sticky and slightly plastic; neutral; clear smooth boundary. Bw - 19 to 30 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) cobbly sandy clay loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure parting to moderate fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, sticky and slightly plastic; 10 percent gravel, 20 percent cobbles, neutral; abrupt wavy boundary. Range in Characteristics Depth to lithic or paralithic contact: 20 to 80 inches Hue: 2.5YR to 2.5Y Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 10 to 30 inches Note: The depth to horizons containing calcium carbonate commonly is 40 inches or more. These soils are in the loamy -skeletal, coarse -loamy, fine -loamy, and fine particle -size classes. Some pedons contain argillic, cambic, or calcic horizons.