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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Minor Components <br /> Kim <br /> Percent of map unit. 10 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Vona <br /> Percent of map unit. 5 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 52—Otero sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 3631 <br /> Elevation: 4,700 to 5,250 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Otero 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 Otero <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Eolian deposits and/or mixed outwash <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 12 inches: sandy loam <br /> H2- 12 to 60 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 5 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Very low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to <br /> high (0.57 to 5.95 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 in profile: 10 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 7.7 inches) <br /> 29 <br />