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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Minor Components <br /> Otero <br /> Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br /> Hydric soil rating: No <br /> 37—Nelson fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: 362h <br /> Elevation: 4,800 to 5,050 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 15 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 57 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 145 to 190 days <br /> Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Nelson 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 Nelson <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Plains <br /> Down-slope shape: Linear <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material:Residuum weathered from sandstone <br /> Typical profile <br /> H1 -0 to 9 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> H2-9 to 30 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> H3-30 to 34 inches: weathered bedrock <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 3 percent <br /> Depth to restrictive feature:20 to 40 inches to paralithic bedrock <br /> Drainage class:Well drained <br /> Runoff class: Low <br /> Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately low to high <br /> (0.06 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 content: 10 percent <br /> Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline(0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br /> Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Low(about 3.7 inches) <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification(irrigated): 4e <br /> 15 <br />