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12/23/21,3:33 PM Official Series Description-CASCAJO Series <br /> shale or sandstone. Mean annual precipitation is about 12 inches and average annual temperature is about 52 <br /> degrees F. <br /> GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Otero, Harvey_, Stoneham, and the competing <br /> Pala soils. Otero soils lack a calcic horizon and are coarse, loamy. Harvey and Stoneham soils are fine, loamy. <br /> DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained; rapid permeability; slow runoff. <br /> USE AND VEGETATION: Primarily used for grazing, dominantly short and mid grasses. Many areas are used <br /> as source of sand and gravel. <br /> DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Colorado and New Mexico. The series is of moderate extent and <br /> individual areas are long and narrow, usually bordering major drainageways. <br /> MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado <br /> SERIES ESTABLISHED: Upper Rio Puerco Reconnaissance Soil Survey,New Mexico, 1940. <br /> REMARKS: Cascajo soils have been correlated in Prowers County, Otero County, Bent County, Crowley <br /> County, and Pueblo County Area of Colorado, and in all areas are sandy-skeletal. <br /> National Cooperative Soil Survey <br /> U.S.A. <br /> https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CASCAJO.htmi 2/2 <br />