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Custom Soil Resource Report <br /> Mesa County Area, Colorado <br /> 999—Water <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Water: 90 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Water <br /> Interpretive groups <br /> Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified <br /> Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 8 <br /> Hydric soil rating: Unranked <br /> Ba—Massadona silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes <br /> Map Unit Setting <br /> National map unit symbol: k06n <br /> Elevation: 4,490 to 4,920 feet <br /> Mean annual precipitation: 6 to 9 inches <br /> Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 55 degrees F <br /> Frost-free period: 140 to 180 days <br /> Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br /> Map Unit Composition <br /> Massadona and similar soils: 70 percent <br /> Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br /> Description of Massadona <br /> Setting <br /> Landform: Fan remnants <br /> Down-slope shape: Concave <br /> Across-slope shape: Linear <br /> Parent material: Cretaceous source alluvium derived from clayey shale <br /> Typical profile <br /> Ap - 0 to 2 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Bw-2 to 12 inches: silty clay <br /> Bkyz- 12 to 24 inches: silty clay <br /> BCkyz1 -24 to 48 inches: fine sandy loam <br /> BCkyz2-48 to 60 inches: silty clay loam <br /> Properties and qualities <br /> Slope:0 to 2 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 low to <br /> moderately high (0.07 to 0.21 in/hr) <br /> Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br /> 13 <br />