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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Conejos County Area, Colorado <br /> 12—Derrick very cobbly sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jgt6 <br /> Elevation: 7,600 to 8,200 feet <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Derrick 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 Derrick <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Stream terraces, alluvial fans <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 - 0 to 5 inches: very cobbly sandy loam <br /> H2- 5 to 12 inches: very gravelly clay loam <br /> H3- 12 to 17 inches: very cobbly sandy loam <br /> H4- 17 to 60 inches: very gravelly sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br /> to 0.60 in/hr) <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 /> Available water storage in profile: Very low (about 3.0 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 6s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Salt Meadow(R051 XY267CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Dunel <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Gray point <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 13 <br />