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<br />~ ~. Schamber-Razor area <br />-~ <br />Deep and moderately deep, well drained soils that have gravelly and clayey <br />subsoils on gently rolling to steep breaks. '. <br />Areas of these soils are in narrow bands from Colorado Springs Routh <br />to the Pueblo County line mostly on the weat side of Fountain Creek. <br />i This soil area occupies about one percent of the survey area. About <br />40 percent of the area is Schamber soil, 30 percent Razor soil, and the <br />remaining 30 percent is soib of minor extent. <br /> <br />The Schamber soil is usually in a higher position in the landscape <br />than the Razor soil, The Schamber soil is deep and has gravelly loam <br />surface layers and very gravelly loam and very gravelly sand underlying <br />~~ layers. The Razor soil has clay loam surface layers and heavy clay loam <br />or clay subsoils over shale at depths of 20 to 40 inches, It has a <br />high shrink-swell potential. <br />The minor soils in this area are the somewhat excessively drained <br />Chaseville soil and the well drained Reldt, Kim and NLidway soils. <br />This soil are4 is used for grazing livestock, wildlife habitat, and <br />military maneuvers and impact areas. It is also a source of gravel. <br />a~' <br />