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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 790—Briny clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. k2fq <br /> Elevation: 4,500 to 5,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 6 to 9 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 140 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Briny, rarely flooded, and similar soils:90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Briny, Rarely Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Drainageways <br /> Down-slope shape: Concave <br /> Across-slope shape: Concave <br /> Parent material: Cretaceous source alluvium derived from shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Az-0 to 8 inches: clay loam <br /> Bzg-8 to 26 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Czg1 -26 to 42 inches: silty clay <br /> Czg2-42 to 60 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat):Very low to moderately <br /> low(0.00 to 0.01 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 6 to 18 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: NoneRare <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content. 14 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum content:4 percent <br /> Maximum salinity. Strongly saline(30.0 to 50.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 100.0 <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Very low(about 2.8 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 7s <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 7s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: D <br /> Ecological site: R034BY006UT-Alkali Flat(Greasewood) <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> 17 <br />