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-~ <br />9. Manzanola-Limon area <br />Deep, nearly level to gently eloping, well drained soils ~ that have <br />clayey surface layers and subsoils, formed in calcareous alluvium. <br />., <br />This soil area is. on the low terraces and fans along Fountain Creek, <br />south of Colorado Springs, end Jimmy Camp Creek. It occupies about <br />2 percent of the survey area. About !y0 percent of the area ie the <br />Manzanola soil, 35 percent Limon soil, and the remaining 25 percent <br />is soils of minor extent. <br />Both the Manzanola and Limon soils have a high potential for shrink- <br />swell. 'Fhe minor soils in this area are the somearhat excessively drained <br />Tor ri <br />Ellicott soil and the well-drained Heldt, Nunn, and IIstic 4kxri.fluvents, <br />_ loamy soils. ' <br />A large portion of this soil area is used as irrigated cropland and <br />pasture. llildlife habitat, especially along the water areas, is an <br />important use. IIse is also made for livestock grazing and homesites. <br />I <br />(. <br />.~d <br /> <br />