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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 106—Wigton loamy sand, 1 to 8 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 3678 <br /> Elevation: 5,300 to 6,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 135 to 155 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Wigton and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Wigton <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Dunes <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Noncalcareous, dune-like sandy eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> A - 0 to 8 inches: loamy sand <br /> AC- 8 to 19 inches: loamy sand <br /> C- 19 to 60 inches: sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 8 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Excessively drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High to very high (5.95 <br /> to 19.98 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low (about 3.8 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 4e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br /> Ecological site: Deep Sand (R067BY015CO) <br /> Other vegetative classification: DEEP SANDS (069BY019CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 43 <br />