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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Lincoln County, Colorado <br /> 106—Ascalon sandy loam, dry, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol.3j89 <br /> Elevation:4,400 to 6,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature:46 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 135 to 155 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Ascalon, dry, and similar soils:85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transacts of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Ascalon, Dry <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 4 inches:sandy loam <br /> Bt-4 to 15 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bk- 15 to 60 inches:fine sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <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: 15 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate(about 8.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated):4c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Sandy Plains LRU's A& B(R069XY026CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Apishapa <br /> Percent of map unit: 3 percent <br /> 13 <br />