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• Ecological site: R048AY222CO <br /> • Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Silvercliff <br /> • Percent of map unit: 15 percent <br /> • Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 21—Norriston very cobbly sandy loam.2 to 6 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> • National map unit symbol:jqly <br /> • Elevation: 7,900 to 8,600 feet <br /> • Mean annual precipitation: 16 to 20 inches <br /> • Mean annual air temperature:40 to 44 degrees F <br /> • Frost free period: 55 to 75 days <br /> • Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> • Norriston 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 Norriston <br /> Setting <br /> • Landform: Outwash terraces, outwash fans <br /> • Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> • Parent material:Glacial outwash <br /> Typical profile <br /> • H1 -0 to 11 inches:very cobbly sandy loam <br /> • H2-11 to 18 inches: extremely gravelly sandy loam <br /> • H3-18 to 34 inches: extremely gravelly loamy sand <br /> • H4-34 to 60 inches: extremely cobbly sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> • Slope: 2 to 6 percent <br /> • Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> • Drainage class:Well drained <br /> • Runoff class:Very low <br /> • Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 in/ <br /> hr) <br /> • Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> • Frequency of flooding: None <br /> • Frequency of ponding: None <br /> • Available water capacity:Very low (about 1.9 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> 0 Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br />