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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Ascalon <br /> Percent of map unit. 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Cascajo <br /> Percent of map unit. 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 4—Ascalon fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 2tlp5 <br /> Elevation: 4,550 to 6,050 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 17 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period. 135 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Ascalon and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Ascalon <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Interfluves <br /> Landform position(two-dimensional): Backslope, summit <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional): Interfluve <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Wind-reworked alluvium and/or calcareous sandy eolian deposits <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 7 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Bt1 - 7 to 13 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bt2- 13 to 18 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bk- 18 to 48 inches: sandy loam <br /> C-48 to 80 inches: sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 6 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 to high <br /> (0.60 to 6.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> 15 <br />