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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate(about 6.3 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 2e <br /> Land capability classification(nonirrigated): 3s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br /> Ecological site: R067BY042CO-Clayey Plains <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Minor Components <br /> Altvan <br /> Percent of map unit: 9 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Nunn <br /> Percent of map unit.6 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 53—Otero sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 3632 <br /> Elevation: 4,700 to 5,250 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Otero 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 Otero <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material. Eolian deposits and/or mixed outwash <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 12 inches: sandy loam <br /> H2- 12 to 60 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 5 to 9 percent <br /> 19 <br />