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Splitro Series <br />Map Units: 213 and 214 <br />Depth class: shallow <br />Drainage Class: well drained <br />Slowest permeability: 2.0 to 6.0 in./hr. (moderately <br />rapid) <br />Landform: mountainsides, plateaus <br />Parent material: residuum derived from sandstone <br />Elevation: 7,000 to 8,500 feet (2,134 to 2,591 <br />meters) <br />Slope: 3 to 65 percent <br />Climatic data: <br />Mean annual precipitation: 18 to 20 inches <br />(457 to 508 millimeters) <br />Mean annual air temperature: 37 to 40 <br />degrees F (2.8 to 4.4 degrees C) <br />Frost -free period: 50 to 75 days <br />Taxonomic class: Loamy, mixed Lithic Cryoborolls <br />Typical Pedon <br />Map Unit in which located. Winevada-Splitro <br />complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes <br />01 - 0 to 1 inch; slightly decomposed leaves and <br />twigs <br />Al - 0 to 10 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) <br />loam, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist; weak fine <br />granular structure; soft hard, very friable, slightly sticky <br />and slightly plastic; 5 percent soft sandstone fragments; <br />neutral; clear smooth boundary. <br />A2 - 5 to 12 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam, <br />very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; weak fine and <br />medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, <br />slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 5 percent soft sandstone <br />fragments; neutral; clear smooth boundary. <br />AC - 12 to 14 inches; pale brown (IOYR 6/3) fine sandy <br />loam, dark brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak <br />medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, <br />slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 40 percent soft <br />sandstone fragments; neutral; abrupt wavy boundary. <br />R - 14 inches, hard sandstone bedrock <br />Range in Characteristics <br />Depth to lithic contact: 10 to 20 inches <br />Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 10 to 15 inches <br />AC horizon: <br />Texture: gravelly fine sandy loam, or fine sandy loam <br />