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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 62—Eghelm loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jpf0 <br /> Elevation. 5,500 to 6,400 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 7 to 11 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 48 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 90 to 105 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Eghelm and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Eghelm <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Alluvial fans, terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Alluvium derived from mixed sources <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 3 inches: loamy fine sand <br /> H2-3 to 52 inches: stratified loamy fine sand to loam <br /> H3-52 to 60 inches: stratified loam to silt loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br /> Runoff class: Very low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 <br /> in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Rare <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 3 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 5.0 <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 6.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 4c <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A <br /> Ecological site: Saltdesert Overflow(R034XY407CO) <br /> 15 <br />