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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Ecological site: Loamy Saltdesert(R034BY401 CO) <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 806—Fluvaquents, occasionally flooded-Torrifluvents complex, 0 to 2 <br /> percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: k2fx <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: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Fluvaquents and similar soils: 45 percent <br /> Torrifluvents and similar soils: 30 percent <br /> Minor components: 25 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Fluvaquents <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 /> Oi-0 to 2 inches: slightly decomposed plant material <br /> Az-2 to 6 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Cz- 6 to 18 inches: silty clay loam <br /> 2C- 18 to 26 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> 3C-26 to 60 inches: extremely gravelly loamy sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Natural drainage class: Very poorly drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.21 <br /> to 0.71 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: About 0 to 12 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 10 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum in profile: 1 percent <br /> Salinity, maximum in profile: Slightly saline to strongly saline (4.0 to 16.0 <br /> mmhos/cm) <br /> 30 <br />