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Map Unit Description--Elbert County,Colorado,Western Part Elbert County Pit <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 17 to 19 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 100 to 120 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Brussett and similar soils: 80 percent <br /> Minor components: 20 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transacts of <br /> the mapunit. <br /> Description of Brussett <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Hills <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Side slope <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 10 inches: loam <br /> H2- 10 to 29 inches: silty clay loam, loam, clay loam <br /> H2- 10 to 29 inches: silt loam, loam <br /> H2- 10 to 29 inches: silt loam, loam <br /> H3-29 to 60 inches: <br /> H3-29 to 60 inches: <br /> H4-60 to 64 inches: <br /> H4-60 to 64 inches: <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 4 to 8 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Medium <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): <br /> Moderately high(0.20 to 0.60 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 <br /> to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Very high (about 21.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Loamy Park(R049BY222CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> i iim Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 4/13/2018 <br /> .s! Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 3 of 8 <br />