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U.S. Department of Agrielture • Page - 1 <br /> Soil Conservation Service 3/15/95 r <br /> • NON'TC-_CHNICAL SOILS DESCRIPTION REPORT <br /> FOR DESCRIPTION CATEGORY - SO:I: Tentative - subject <br /> Survey Area- DOUGL..AS PLATEAU AREA, FARTS OF GARF'IELD AND M <br /> •------ <br /> 11.3 p------- -----------�_...._._ <br /> - -------- <br /> ... _ <br /> Symbol Description <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> 4 BARX-CLAPPER COMPLEX, 3 TO 12 PERCENT SLOPES <br /> This map unit is on a dissected plateau. This unit is <br /> 60 percent Barx Loam and Lai percent Clapper very stony <br /> :Loam. <br /> The Barx soil is deep and well.-drained . It. formed in <br /> aeol:i.an materials. The surface layer is loan about 3 <br /> inches thick . The upper 10 inches of the subsoil is <br /> clay loan. The lower 27 inches is loam. The <br /> substratum to a depth of 60 inches or more is loam. <br /> Permeability is moderate. Available!} water capacity is <br /> high . Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or move .. <br /> Runoff is medium, and the hazard of water erosion is <br /> high . <br /> • The Clapper soil is deep and well-drained . It formed <br /> in residuum derived dominantly from glacial till. <br /> containing basalt. stones. The surface layer is very <br /> stony loam about 3 inches thick ,. The subsoil :is a very <br /> stony loam about 9 inches: thick . The substratum to <a <br /> depths of 60 inches is very cobbl.y :Loam. Permeability <br /> 9.s moderate. Available water capacity is :Low. <br /> Effective rooting depth is 60 :inches or more. Runoff <br /> is medium, and the hazard of water erosion :is high . <br /> 22 CLAPPER VERY STONY LOAM, 12 TO 25 PERCENT SLOPES <br /> This deep , well.-drained soil is on mountainside <slopes- <br /> It formed in residuum from glacial till derived <br /> dominantly from Basalt and nixed sources. The surface <br /> layer :is very stony Loam about 3 inches 'thick . The <br /> subsoil is very stony loam 9 inches thick . The <br /> substratum to a depth of 60 inches is very cobbl.y .loam. <br /> Permeability is moderate. Available water capacity is <br /> .low. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. <br /> Runoff is rapid , and the hazard of water erosion is <br /> nigh . <br /> 66 'T'ORRIOR'r'1-II :NT'S, WARM-ROCK OUTCROP, 35 TO 90 PERCENT <br /> SLOPES <br /> • This map unit is on steep , mainly south-facing slopes <br /> of mountains, hills, ridges, and canyonsi.des in <br /> extremely rough and eroded areas. This unit is 50 <br />