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Map Unit Description:Catamount-Guffey complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes—Teller-Park Area, Colorado,Parts of Park and Teller Counties Teller-Park Area, Colorado, Parts of Park and Teller Counties 17—Catamount-Guffey complex, 16 to 40 percent slopes Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol. k0yv Elevation: 8,500 to 10,900 feet Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 23 inches Mean annual air temperature: 37 to 40 degrees F Frost-free period. 50 to 80 days Farmland classification: Not prime farmland Map Unit Composition Catamount and similar soils.60 percent Guffey and similar soils: 30 percent Minor components: 10 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Catamount Setting Landform: Mountains Landform position(three-dimensional): Mountaintop, mountainfiank Down-slope shape: Linear Across-slope shape: Linear Parent material.Slope alluvium derived from granite over residuum weathered from granite Typical profile Oi-0 to 1 inches: slightly decomposed plant material A - 1 to 3 inches: gravelly sandy loam Bw-3 to 9 inches: very gravelly sandy loam C-9 to 13 inches: extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand Cr- 13 to 60 inches: bedrock Properties and qualities Slope: 15 to 40 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to paralithic bedrock Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained Runoff class: Medium Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat):Very low to moderately low(0.00 to 0.14 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Very low(about 0.7 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7e USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 4/18/2022 Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 3