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WM—Minnequa-Wilid silt loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 2rgqn <br />Elevation: 4,500 to 6,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 14 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 125 to 170 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Minnequa and similar soils: 45 percent <br />Wilid and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Minnequa <br />Setting <br />Landform: Pediments, ridges <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Crest <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear, convex <br />Parent material: Slope alluvium over residuum weathered from limestone and <br />shale <br />Typical profile <br />A - 0 to 6 inches: silt loam <br />Bw - 6 to 18 inches: silt loam <br />Bky - 18 to 32 inches: loam <br />Cr - 32 to 60 inches: bedrock <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 2 to 6 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 20 to 39 inches to paralithic bedrock <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class: Medium <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: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 45 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to slightly saline (0.1 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 8.0 <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />35