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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Golden Area, Colorado, Parts of Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, and Park <br /> Counties <br /> 1—Aida loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> Elevation: 5,200 to 6,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 126 to 142 days <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Alda and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Description of Alda <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Terraces, flood plains, valley floors <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Calcareous, stratified alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 28 inches: loam <br /> H2-28 to 97 inches: stratified loamy sand to loam <br /> H3-97 to 152 inches: very gravelly loamy sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.60 to 6.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 24 to 36 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 15 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 5.6 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 2w <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Other vegetative classification: WET MEADOW(48AY315CO) <br /> Minor Components <br /> Fluventic haplaquolls <br /> Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br /> Landform: Flood plains <br /> 13 <br />