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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> San Miguel Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores, Montrose, and San Miguel <br /> Counties <br /> 6—Acree loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. jvgb <br /> Elevation: 7,400 to 8,500 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 17 to 19 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 41 to 43 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 70 to 90 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Acree 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 Acree <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Mesas, structural benches <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium derived from sandstone and shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 8 inches: loam <br /> H2-8 to 30 inches: clay <br /> H3-30 to 60 inches: clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:6 to 12 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Very high <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 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: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water capacity: High (about 9.3 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 4e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: R048AY228CO <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 14 <br />