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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 9—Avar fine sandy loam <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 3615 <br /> Elevation: 4,500 to 5,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 48 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 160 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Avar and similar soils:80 percent <br /> Minor components:20 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Avar <br /> Setting <br /> Landform:Swales, flood plains, stream terraces <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Calcareous loamy alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 3 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> H2-3 to 8 inches: clay loam <br /> H3-8 to 60 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 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 low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 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:Slightly saline to strongly saline(4.0 to 32.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum:250.0 <br /> Available water capacity. Moderate(about 6.6 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated). 7s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: R067XY033CO-Salt Flat <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 18 <br />