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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Saguache County Area, Colorado <br /> 31—Gunbarrel loamy sand, saline <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jqpg <br /> Elevation: 7,600 to 7,800 feet <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Gunbarrel and similar soils: 100 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Gunbarrel <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Fans on valley floors, terraces on valley floors <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 5 inches: loamy sand <br /> H2-5 to 28 inches: loamy sand <br /> H3-28 to 60 inches: sand <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 1 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very high <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): High to very high (6.00 <br /> to 20.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 12 to 24 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content. 15 percent <br /> Maximum salinity:Slightly saline to strongly saline(4.0 to 16.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 50.0 <br /> Available water capacity:Very low(about 2.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 7s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A/D <br /> Ecological site: R051 XY263CO-Salt Flats <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 13 <br />