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Cheyenne County, Colorado <br /> 15—Bankard-Glenberg complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, moist, occasionally flooded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> • National map unit symbol: 2w4pg <br /> • Elevation: 3,800 to 5,890 feet <br /> • Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches <br /> • Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br /> • Frost-free period: 130 to 170 days <br /> • Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> • Bankard, occasionally flooded, and similar soils: 60 percent <br /> • Glenberg, occasionally flooded, and similar soils: 30 percent <br /> • Minor components: 10 percent <br /> • Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Bankard, Occasionally Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> • Landform: Flood-plain steps, flood plains <br /> • Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Parent material: Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> • A - 0 to 5 inches: loamy sand <br /> • Bw - 5 to 13 inches: loamy sand <br /> • Bk - 13 to 79 inches: loamy sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> • Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br /> • Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> • Natural drainage class: Excessively drained <br /> • Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High to very high <br /> (6.00 to 20.00 in/hr) <br /> • Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> • Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> • Frequency of ponding: None <br /> • Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br /> • Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.5 to 5.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> • Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 6.4 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> • Land capability classification (irrigated): 4e <br /> • Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4e <br /> • Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br /> • Ecological site: Sandy Bottomland (R067BY031CO) <br /> • Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Description of Glenberg, Occasionally Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> • Landform: Flood plains, flood-plain steps <br /> • Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Across-slope shape: Linear <br />