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Map Unit Description:Aquepts, loamy---Larimer County Area, Colorado <br /> Larimer County Area, Colorado <br /> 5—Aquepts, loamy <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: jpws <br /> Elevation: 4,500 to 6,700 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 18 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 50 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 80 to 140 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Aquepts and similar soils: 80 percent <br /> Minor components: 20 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of <br /> the mapunit. <br /> Description of Aquepts <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Draws, depressions, stream terraces <br /> Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope, tread, dip <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Loamy alluvium <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 - 0 to 60 inches: variable <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br /> Drainage class: Very poorly drained <br /> Runoff class: Negligible <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water <br /> (Ksat): Moderately high to very high (0.60 to 99.90 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table:About 6 to 18 inches <br /> Frequency of flooding: NoneRare <br /> Frequency of ponding: None <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): 5w <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3w <br /> Hydrologic Soil Group: A/D <br /> Ecological site: R067BY073C0 - Riparian <br /> Hydric soil rating: Yes <br /> Minor Components <br /> Nunn <br /> Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br /> Ecological site: R067BY002CO - Loamy Plains <br /> USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 5/4/2023 <br /> Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 2 <br />