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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Elbert County, Colorado, Eastern Part <br /> PsB—Platner-Ascalon sandy loarns, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2tipg <br /> Elevation: 5,300 to 6,100 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation. 14 to 17 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 120 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Platner and similar soils: 41 percent <br /> Ascalon and similar soils: 40 percent <br /> Minor components: 19 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Platner <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Interfluves <br /> Landform position(two-dimensional): Summit <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Interfluve <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Mixed eolian deposits over calcareous tertiary alluvium derived <br /> from igneous,metamorphic and sedimentary rods <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 7 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt1 -7 to 15 inches: day loam <br /> Bt2- 15 to 19 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk- 19 to 26 inches: sandy day loam <br /> Bk-26 to 42 inches: sandy day loam <br /> C-42 to 80 inches: samdy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Medium <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high(0.06 to 020 iNhr) <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. 15 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.1 to 2.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate(about 7.4 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirngated): 4c <br /> 47 <br />