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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> 9C—Shermap loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. kOf5 <br /> Elevation: 6,400 to 7,310 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 16 to 20 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 41 to 45 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 70 to 110 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Shermap and similar soils: 90 percent <br /> Minor components: 10 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Shermap <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Hills <br /> Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 10 inches: loam <br /> BAt- 10 to 18 inches: clay loam <br /> Bt1 - 18 to 30 inches: clay loam <br /> Bt2-30 to 46 inches: clay loam <br /> BO-46 to 49 inches: clay loam <br /> BC-49 to 65 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 3 to 12 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Medium <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.21 <br /> to 0.71 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 11.0 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 4e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 4e <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> 16 <br />