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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Chaffee-Lake Area, Colorado, Parts of Chaffee and Lake Counties <br /> NfB—Newfork gravelly sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jg8t <br /> Elevation: 8,200 to 10,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 25 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 15 to 80 days <br /> Farmland classification, Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Newfork and similar soils: 95 percent <br /> Minor components: 4 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Newfork <br /> Setting <br /> Landform- Flood-plain steps <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Moderately coarse-textured gravelly alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 6 inches: gravelly sandy loam <br /> H2- 6 to 12 inches: very gravelly sandy loam <br /> H3- 12 to 60 inches: very gravelly sand, very cobbly sand <br /> H3- 12 to 60 inches: <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat). High (2.00 to 6.00 <br /> in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 0 to 12 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 4.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated). 6s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A/D <br /> Hydric soil rating. Yes <br /> Minor Components <br /> Wet marsh soils <br /> Percent of map unit: 2 percent <br /> Landform: Marshes <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> 15 <br />