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Red Creek Quarry, Exhibit J - Vegetation Information
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<br />air temperature is about 48 to 53 degrees F. The soils are fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Us-
<br />tic Torriorthents. The A horizon is mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline. It is loam or fine sandy loam.
<br />Cascajo Series
<br />The Cascajo series consists of deep, excessively drained soils on terrace edges, breaks, fan terraces,
<br />knobs, hills, and ridges. These soils formed in gravelly and sandy, calcareous alluvium. Slopes range
<br />from 10 to 40 percent. The average annual precipitation is 10 to 15 inches, and the average annual
<br />air temperature is about 49 to 53 degrees F. The soils are sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Ustollic Cal-
<br />ciorthids.
<br />Manvel Series
<br />The Manvel series consists of deep, well drained soils on plains, foot slopes, fans, stream terraces,
<br />and swales. These soils formed in alluvium derived from limestone and shale. Slopes range from 0 to
<br />8 percent. The average annual precipitation is 12 to 14 inches, and the average annual air tempera-
<br />ture is 51 to 53 degrees F. The soils are fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torriorthents. The
<br />A horizon is silt loam or silty clay loam.
<br />Minnequa Series
<br />The Minnequa series consists of moderately deep, well drained soils on plains, breaks, and ridges.
<br />These soils formed in alluvium and residuum derived from limestone and shale. Slopes range from 2
<br />to 15 percent. The average annual precipitation is 11 to 13 inches, and the average annual air tem-
<br />perature is 50 to 53 degrees F. The soils are fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torriorthents.
<br />Penrose Series
<br />The Penrose series consists of shallow, well drained soils on breaks, ridges, plains, hogbacks, and
<br />canyonsides. These soils formed in residuum derived from limestone. Slopes range from 2 to 40 per-
<br />cent. The average annual precipitation is 11 to 14 inches, and the average annual air temperature is
<br />50 to 53 degrees F. The soils are loamy, carbonatic, mesic Lithic Ustic Torriorthents. The A horizon is
<br />mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
<br />Shanta Series
<br />The Shanta series consists of deep, well drained soils on stream terraces. These soils formed in allu-
<br />vium. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. The average annual precipitation is 12 to 15 inches, and the
<br />average annual air temperature is 48 to 53 degrees F. The soils are fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumu-
<br />lic Haplustolls.
<br />Shingle Series
<br />The Shingle series consists of shallow, well drained soils on plains, breaks, and foot slopes and on
<br />the side slopes of hilly remnants of fan terraces. These soils formed in residuum derived from inter-
<br />bedded shale and sandstone. Slopes range from 3 to 40 percent. The average annual precipitation
<br />is 11 to 14 inches, and the average annual air temperature is 50 to 53 degrees F. The soils are
<br />loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic, shallow Ustic Torriorthents.
<br />2.4.2 Pueblo County Soils
<br />Three of the sixteen soil types within the Mining Permit and Affected Area Boundary are in Pueblo County.
<br />Below are descriptions of the relevant soil series from the USDA NRCS Soil Survey of Pueblo Area, Colorado,
<br />Parts of Pueblo and Custer Counties (USDA 1979).
<br />Las Animas Series (similar to Fremont County Aquic Ustifluvents)
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