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Map Unit Description---Elbert County,Colorado,Western Part Elbert County Pit <br /> 36—Peyton-Pring complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jnks <br /> Elevation: 6,400 to 7,300 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 17 to 19 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 80 to 120 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Peyton and similar soils: 50 percent <br /> Pring and similar soils: 35 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of <br /> the mapunit. <br /> Description of Peyton <br /> Setting <br /> Landforrn: Ridges, hills <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope, crest <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Arkosic alluvium and/or arkosic residuum <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 3 inches: sandy loam <br /> H2-3 to 32 inches: loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam <br /> H2-3 to 32 inches: very gravelly sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy <br /> coarse sand <br /> H2-3 to 32 inches: <br /> H3-32 to 60 inches: <br /> H3-32 to 60 inches: <br /> H3-32 to 60 inches: <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 8 to 15 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 to high (0.60 to 2.00 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: Very high (about 20.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Divide(R049XY216CO) <br /> I SIA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 4/13/2018 <br /> dewilliii Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 7 of 8 <br />