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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> San Miguel Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores, Montrose, and San Miguel <br /> Counties <br /> 14—Barx fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. jvcj <br /> Elevation: 5,300 to 6,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 48 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 100 to 130 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Banc 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 Barx <br /> Setting <br /> Landform:Terraces, mesas <br /> Landform position(three-dimensional):Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium derived from sandstone <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 2 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> H2-2 to 23 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> H3-23 to 74 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 to high <br /> (0.60 to 2.00 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:45 percent <br /> Maximum salinity:Very slightly saline to slightly saline(2.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 10.0 <br /> Available watercapacity: High (about 9.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site. R035XY326CO-Semidesert Sandy Loam <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 14 <br />