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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Pueblo Area, Colorado, Parts of Pueblo and Custer Counties <br /> Bm—Bloom silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 2w4nk <br /> Elevation: 3,970 to 7,030 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 16 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 120 to 170 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and reclaimed of excess salts <br /> and sodium <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Bloom, occasionally flooded, 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 Bloom,Occasionally Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains,flood-plain steps <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 4 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Byg-4 to 9 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Bkyg-9 to 79 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Poorly drained <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:About 2 to 8 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding:Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content. 10 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum content: 10 percent <br /> Maximum salinity. Nonsaline to moderately saline (1.0 to 8.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum:8.0 <br /> Available water capacity.Very high (about 12.4 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 4s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D <br /> Ecological site: R069XY03000-Salt Meadow LRU's A&B <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> 14 <br />