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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Minor Components <br /> Schamber <br /> Percent of map unit. 15 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Razor <br /> Percent of map unit.6 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Heldt <br /> Percent of map unit.4 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> Rg—Rocky Ford silty clay loam, wet <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 36dr <br /> Elevation: 4,300 to 5,000 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 14 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 145 to 175 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Rocky ford 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 Rocky Ford <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Stream terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional):Tread <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Clayey alluvium from irrigation water over silty alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 11 inches: silty clay loam <br /> C- 11 to 60 inches: stratified fine sandy loam to silty clay loam <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: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br /> to 0.60 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 36 to 60 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: None <br /> 27 <br />