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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas <br /> Counties <br /> Co—Collegiate loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: hw06 <br /> Elevation: 7,000 to 8,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 18 to 24 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 40 to 46 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 70 to 100 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Collegiate and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Collegiate <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Concave <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Loamy alluvium over gravelly alluvium derived from igneous and <br /> sedimentary rock <br /> Typical profile <br /> A - 0 to 10 inches: loam <br /> Ag- 10 to 38 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> 2C-38 to 60 inches: very gravelly sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 4 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: High <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to <br /> high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 12 to 36 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 5.6 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 3w <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated). 4w <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Mountain Meadow(R049XY241 CO) <br /> Forage suitability group: Subirrigated, Loamy/Sandy (G049XW031 CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> 14 <br />