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12/23/21,3:32 PM Official Series Description-KIMERA Series <br /> USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland and wildlife habitat; the primary vegetation is blue grama, galleta, <br /> western wheatgrass, yucca, sand dropseed, sideoats grama, and broom snakeweed. (ESD: R069XY006CO <br /> Loamy Plains) <br /> DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: southeastern Colorado; LRR G, MLRA 69; large extent. <br /> MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO)RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado <br /> SERIES ESTABLISHED: Las Animas County, Colorado, Las Animas County Area Soil Survey Area, <br /> Colorado 2007. The name is coined. <br /> REMARKS: <br /> Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: <br /> Series control section: The zone from 0 t to 200 centimeters (0 to 79 inches). <br /> Particle-size control section: The zone from 25 to 100 centimeters (10 to 40 inches). (part of the Bw, Bkl, and <br /> part of the Bk2 horizons) <br /> Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 10 centimeters (0 to 4 inches). (A horizons) <br /> Cambic horizon: The zone from 10 to 38 centimeters(4 to 15 inches). (Bw horizons) <br /> Calcic horizon: The zone from 38 to 145 centimeters (15 to 57 inches). (Bkl, Bk2, and Bk3 horizons) <br /> Other features: ustic acidic moisture regime <br /> This soil was previously identified as part of the Kim series. This series was established as a result of <br /> documentation demonstrating the presence of a calcic horizon(with visible segregated lime). <br /> The assignment of the cation-exchange activity class is identified in lab data pedon#S03CO071004. <br /> Taxonomic Version: Eleventh Edition, 2010 <br /> ADDITIONAL DATA: <br /> National Cooperative Soil Survey <br /> U.S.A. <br /> https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/KIMERA.html 4/4 <br />