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Custom Soil Resource Report Otero County, Colorado Mv—Minnequa-Manvel silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, dry Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol. 2rggm Elevation: 4,000 to 6,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 12 inches Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 130 to 170 days Farmland classification: Not prime farmland Map Unit Composition Minnequa, dry, and similar soils: 55 percent Manvel, dry, and similar soils: 30 percent Minor components: 15 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Minnequa, Dry Setting Landform: Pediments, ridges Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope Down-slope shape: Linear Across-slope shape: Linear, convex Parent material. Slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale Typical profile A -0 to 6 inches: silt loam Bw- 6 to 17 inches: silt loam Bk- 17 to 35 inches: silty clay loam Cr-35 to 60 inches: bedrock Properties and qualities Slope: 1 to 6 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 20 to 39 inches to paralithic bedrock Drainage class:Well drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content:45 percent Gypsum, maximum content: 5 percent Maximum salinity. Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.1 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 8.0 Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Low(about 5.9 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6e Hydrologic Soil Group: C Ecological site: R069XY006CO- Loamy Plains, LRU's A and B 10-14 Inches, P.Z. 13