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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Ecological site: Saltdesert Overflow(R034BY407CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 795—Waterdog loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. k2g2 <br /> Elevation: 4,500 to 5,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 6 to 8 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 49 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 140 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and either protected from flooding <br /> or not frequently flooded during the growing season <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Waterdog 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 Waterdog <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary <br /> rock <br /> Typical profile <br /> Apz-0 to 4 inches: loam <br /> Cz1 -4 to 14 inches: sandy loam <br /> Cz2- 14 to 22 inches: sandy loam <br /> 2C-22 to 60 inches: very gravelly coarse sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to <br /> high (0.71 to 2.13 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 12 to 24 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Very rare <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 14 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Slightly saline to moderately saline (4.0 to 8.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 1.0 <br /> Available water storage in profile: Low(about 3.5 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3s <br /> 27 <br />