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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 41—Kerber loamy sand <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jqpt <br /> Elevation: 7,600 to 7,800 feet <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Kerber and similar soils: 100 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Kerber <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains on valley floors, fans on valley floors <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium derived from basalt <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 8 inches: loamy sand <br /> H2-8 to 27 inches: sandy loam <br /> H3-27 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: Somewhat poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Very low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat):Moderately high to high <br /> (0.60 to 6.00 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 24 to 36 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Moderately saline to strongly saline(8.0 to 16.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 50.0 <br /> Available water capacity: Low(about 4.1 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 7s <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: R051XY263CO-Salt Flats <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Other soils <br /> Percent of map unit. <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 14 <br />