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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Pueblo Area, Colorado, Parts of Pueblo and Custer Counties <br /> Ap—Apishapa clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol. 2tgyl <br /> Elevation: 3,600 to 5,200 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 130 to 170 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and reclaimed of excess salts <br /> and sodium <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Apishapa, occasionally flooded, 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 Apishapa, Occasionally Flooded <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Flood plains, flood-plain steps <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 10 inches: clay loam <br /> Bkzg- 10 to 17 inches: silty clay <br /> Bksszg- 17 to 26 inches: silty clay <br /> Bkzg-26 to 79 inches: clay <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Poorly drained <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to <br /> moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 4 to 12 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 10 percent <br /> Gypsum, maximum content: 5 percent <br /> Maximum salinity. Very slightly saline to moderately saline (2.0 to 15.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 5.0 <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 8.1 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D <br /> Ecological site: R069XY03000- Salt Meadow LRU's A and B <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> 14 <br />