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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Grand County Area, Colorado <br /> 66—Quander stony loam, 15 to 55 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jg32 <br /> Elevation: 8,000 to 9,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 37 to 42 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 30 to 60 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Quander 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 Quander <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Mountainsides <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Mountainflank <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Colluvium and/or glacial drift <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 - 0 to 10 inches: stony loam <br /> H2- 10 to 60 inches: very stony loam, very cobbly loam, very cobbly sandy clay <br /> loam <br /> H2- 10 to 60 inches: <br /> H2- 10 to 60 inches: <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 15 to 55 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: High <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 /> Available water storage in profile: Very high (about 16.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: Stony Loam (R048AY237CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Other soils <br /> Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />