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Suitability Potentials and Limitations for Alternative Land Uses. <br />Soil types occurring within and adjacent to the proposed permit area <br />are listed in Table 23, Soil Taxonomic Classification. <br />The SCS Land Capability Classification System constitutes the second <br />set of land use interpretation data. Capability classification is a <br />system for interpreting suitability of soils for agricultural uses <br />based on the probable interactions between the kinds of soils and <br />alternative systems of management. Soil properties relative to their <br />limitations, risk of damage, and response to treatment are the <br />principal characteristics dictating the Capability of an area to <br />support a variety of uses. The Soil Conservation• Service Land <br />Capability Classification System is based upon Agricultural Handbook <br />No. 210 (USDA, SCS, 1961). Within this system, soil types are <br />grouped at three levels: class, subclass, and unit. <br />1. Capability Classes - Soils are placed in Classes I through VIII <br />• based upon a broad range of <br />have few limitations that <br />cropped intensively, used <br />wildlife preserves. Class <br />being limited to recreation, <br />purposes. <br />key soil properties. Class I soils <br />restrict their use. They can be <br />for pasture, range, woodlands, or <br />VIII soils are severely restricted, <br />wildlife, water supply, or aesthetic <br />All of the lands in the proposed permit area are in Classes V <br />through VII as shown in Table 24, Land Use Capabilities within <br />the Fish Creek Tipple Permit Area. <br />Major limitations in the proposed mine area which result in these <br />higher classifications are: (1) limited frost-free growing <br />season and (2) low precipitaion. These limitations make the <br />lands within the proposed permit area generally unsuited to <br />cultivation and restrict use largely to pasture, range, and <br />wildlife habitat. Pasture improvement is impractical on Class <br />• VII lands according to Handbook #210 (USDA, SCS, 1961). <br />2.04-5 <br />