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Appendix-115 <br /> Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Weld County, Colorado, Southern Part <br /> 35—Loup-Boel loamy sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 362f <br /> Elevation: 4,550 to 4,750 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Loup and similar soils: 55 percent <br /> Boe/and similar soils: 35 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transacts of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Loup <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Swales, drainageways, streams <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Sandy alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 16 inches: loamy sand <br /> H2- 16 to 40 inches: loamy sand <br /> H3-40 to 60 inches: sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very high <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: About 0 to 18 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 5.2 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 4w <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6w <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A/D <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Meadow(R067BY029CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> Description of Boel <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Swales, drainageways, streams <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> 13 <br />