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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br /> 17—Fort Collins loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 2w4ny <br /> Elevation: 5,790 to 8,090 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 120 to 140 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Fort collins 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 Fort Collins <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Fan remnants <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Old alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 4 inches: loam <br /> Bt-4 to 19 inches: clay loam <br /> Bk1 - 19 to 23 inches: clay loam <br /> Bk2-23 to 79 inches: loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br /> to 0.60 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 content: 15 percent <br /> Maximum salinity.Very slightly saline (2.0 to 3.9 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water capacity: High (about 10.1 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: R069XY006CO- Loamy Plains, LRU's A& B 10-14 Inches, P.Z. <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Baca <br /> Percent of map unit. 10 percent <br /> 31 <br />