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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: Desert Loam (Shadscale) (R034BY106UT) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Mf—Gyprockmesa cobbly clay loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: kOct <br /> Elevation: 4,490 to 4,890 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 6 to 9 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 140 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Gyprockmesa and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Gyprockmesa <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Strath terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Loamy slope alluvium derived from shale over cobbly alluvium <br /> derived from sandstone and shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 5 inches: cobbly clay loam <br /> Btk1 -5 to 10 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk2- 10 to 15 inches: clay loam <br /> Btk3- 15 to 23 inches: cobbly clay loam <br /> 2Bky1 - 23 to 35 inches: very cobbly clay loam <br /> 2Bky2-35 to 44 inches: cobbly clay loam <br /> 2Bky3-44 to 70 inches: stony loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 5 to 12 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Medium <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.21 <br /> to 0.71 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: 25 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum in profile: 35 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Very slightly saline to moderately saline (2.0 to 8.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 10.0 <br /> 14 <br />