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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> El Paso County Area, Colorado <br /> 12—Bresser sandy loam, cool, 3 to 5 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 2tlpd <br /> Elevation: 6,300 to 6,800 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 19 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 50 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 125 to 140 days <br /> Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated and the product of I (soil <br /> erodibility)x C (climate factor)does not exceed 60 <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Bresser, cool, 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 Bresser,Cool <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Interfluves <br /> Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape:Convex <br /> Parent material:Tertiary aged alluvium derived from arkose <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap-0 to 5 inches: sandy loam <br /> Btl -5 to 8 inches: sandy loam <br /> Bt2-8 to 27 inches: sandy clay loam <br /> Bt3� ry-27 to 36 inches: sandy loam <br /> - S 36 idr_e sa.rt!'4 <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:3 to 5 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high <br /> (0.60 to 6.00 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 content: 5 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.1 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Low(about 5.4 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4s <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br /> Ecological site: R049XB21000-Sandy Foothill <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 13 <br />