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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Cheyenne County, Colorado <br /> 1—Apishapa family, ponded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 353t <br /> Elevation: 4,430 to 5,970 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 135 to 150 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Apishapa family, ponded, and similar soils: 85 percent <br /> Minor components: 15 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Apishapa Family, Ponded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Playas <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> A -0 to 4 inches: clay loam <br /> C-4 to 60 inches: clay <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class:Somewhat poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Negligible <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 0 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: Frequent <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum content: 5 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to moderately saline(0.0 to 8.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 9.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 6w <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 6w <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D <br /> Ecological site: R067BY01000-Closed Upland Depression <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> Minor Components <br /> Goshen <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Ecological site: R067BY036CO-Overflow <br /> 13 <br />