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Map Unit Description(Brief,Generated)—El Paso County Area,Colorado Ellicot Sand and Gravel-Schubert <br /> Ranch <br /> Component:Valent(10%) <br /> Generated brief soil descriptions are created for major soil components. The <br /> Valent soil is a minor component. <br /> Component: Olnest(5%) <br /> Generated brief soil descriptions are created for major soil components. The <br /> Olnest soil is a minor component. <br /> Map Unit:6—Bijou sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Component: Bijou (85%) <br /> The Bijou component makes up 85 percent of the map unit. Slopes are 0 to 3 <br /> percent. This component is on stabilized sand sheets, swales, plains.The parent <br /> material consists of eolian sands. Depth to a root restrictive layer is greater than <br /> 60 inches. The natural drainage class is somewhat excessively drained.Water <br /> movement in the most restrictive layer is high.Available water to a depth of 60 <br /> inches(or restricted depth) is low. Shrink-swell potential is low. This soil is not <br /> flooded. It is not ponded.There is no zone of water saturation within a depth of <br /> 72 inches. Organic matter content in the surface horizon is about 1 percent. This <br /> component is in the R067BY024CO Sandy Plains ecological site. Nonirrigated <br /> land capability classification is 4c. Irrigated land capability classification is 3e. <br /> This soil does not meet hydric criteria.There are no saline horizons within 30 <br /> inches of the soil surface. <br /> Component:Valent(10%) <br /> Generated brief soil descriptions are created for major soil components.The <br /> Valent soil is a minor component. <br /> Component: Olnest(5%) <br /> Generated brief soil descriptions are created for major soil components. The <br /> Olnest soil is a minor component. <br /> Map Unit:28—Ellicott loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Component: Ellicott(85%) <br /> riiiiNatural Resources Web Soil Survey 3/27/2018 <br /> Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 2 of 6 <br /> 29 <br />