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• Land capability classification (irrigated): 6c <br /> • Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br /> • Hydrologic Soil Group:A <br /> • Ecological site: R048AY222CO <br /> • Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Venable <br /> • Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> • Landform: Stream terraces, flood-plain steps <br /> • Ecological site: R048AY241CO <br /> • Hydric soil rating:Yes <br /> 9—Coutis sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> • National map unit symbol:jgn3 <br /> • Elevation: 7,700 to 9,000 feet <br /> • Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 23 inches <br /> • Mean annual air temperature: 38 to 44 degrees F <br /> • Frost free period:40 to 75 days <br /> • Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> • Coutis and similar soils: 80 percent <br /> • Minor components: 20 percent <br /> • Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and tronsects of the map unit. <br /> Description of Coutis <br /> Setting <br /> • Landform:Stream terraces, hills <br /> • Landform position (two-dimensional):Toeslope, footslope <br /> • Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope, side slope <br /> • Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Parent material: Mixed alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> • H1 -0 to 11 inches: sandy loam <br /> • H2- 11 to 48 inches: sandy loam <br /> • H3-48 to 60 inches:gravelly sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> • Slope: 5 to 15 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): High (2.00 to 6.00 in/ <br /> hr) <br />