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<br />~ 8. Razor-Midway. area <br />Moderately deep and shallow, gently sloping to moderately steep, well <br />drained, claryey soils; formed in residuum from calcareous shale. <br />Areas of these soils are in the central and southwestern part of the <br />survey area. <br />This soil area occupies about 9 percent of the survey area.- About <br />i? <br />30 percent of the area^af Razor soil, 25 percent ie Midway soil, and the <br />remaining 45 percent is soils of minor extent. <br />Both the Razor and the Midway soils have clay loam surface layers. <br />The depth to shale in the Razor soil is 20 to 40 inches and 10 to 20 <br />inches in the Midway soil. These soils have high shrink-swell potentials. <br />t <br />The minor soils in this area are the well drained Itim, Manzanola, <br />Nelson, Tassel, and Miley soils. Some military impact areas are also <br />included. Southeast of the town of Fountain are numerous geological <br />formations referred to as "tepee buttes". The cone shaped "tepee buttes" <br />are piles of marine rubble rising above the more level plains occurring <br />in a random, scattered pattern. <br />This soil area is used mostly for livestock grazing. Cultivation is <br />limited because o£ low amount of precipitation. Other important uses <br />are wildlife habitat and for military purposes. <br />~9 <br /> <br />