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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Lincoln County, Colorado <br /> 105—Ascalon sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 2tlmx <br /> Elevation: 3,870 to 6,070 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 135 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Ascalon and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Ascalon <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Interfluves <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Wind-reworked alluvium and/or calcareous sandy eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 6 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt1 -6 to 12 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bt2- 12 to 19 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bk- 19 to 35 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> C-35 to 80 inches: sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 5 to 9 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): Moderately high to <br /> 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 /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 10 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.1 to 2.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 1.0 <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate(about 6.8 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 4e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Plains(R067BY024CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 13 <br />