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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 68—Razor clay loam, 1 to 12 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jnnc <br /> Elevation. 5,500 to 6,600 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 49 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 125 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Razor and similar soils. 75 percent <br /> Minor components. 25 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Razor <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains, hills <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope, rise <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Clayey slope alluvium over residuum weathered from shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 8 inches: clay loam <br /> Bw-8 to 23 inches. clay <br /> Ck-23 to 32 inches: clay loam <br /> Cr-32 to 36 inches: weathered bedrock <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 12 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature. 20 to 40 inches to paralithic bedrock <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: High <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 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 /> Gypsum, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Moderately saline to strongly saline (8.0 to 16.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 15.0 <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 4.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated). None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e <br /> 23 <br />