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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Map Unit Descriptions <br /> 2706D—Cypher family-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 150 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: tlxp <br /> Elevation: 6,500 to 9,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 16 to 25 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 48 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 70 to 90 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Cypher family and similar soils: 50 percent <br /> Rock outcrop: 35 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Cypher Family <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Mountain slopes <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Residuum and/or slope alluvium derived from igneous and <br /> metamorphic rock <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 4 inches: very gravelly coarse sandy loam <br /> Bw-4 to 10 inches: very gravelly coarse sandy loam <br /> R- 10 to 20 inches: bedrock <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 40 to 75 percent <br /> Percent of area covered with surface fragments: 0.0 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: 4 to 20 inches to lithic bedrock <br /> Natural drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br /> Runoff class: Medium <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Very low to moderately <br /> low (0.00 to 0.01 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Available water storage in profile: Very low (about 0.6 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: D <br /> 16 <br />