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48—Kim loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: jqjn <br />Elevation: 5,200 to 5,600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 13 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 53 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 165 days <br />Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Kim and similar soils: 99 percent <br />Minor components: 1 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Kim <br />Setting <br />Landform: Fan terraces, plains <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Loamy alluvium <br />Typical profile <br />A - 0 to 3 inches: loam <br />C - 3 to 60 inches: clay loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class: Low <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to <br />high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 15 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br />Ecological site: Loamy Plains, LRU's A & B 10-14 Inches, P.Z. (R069XY006CO) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />16