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<br /> <br />' ' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT~OF AGRICULTURE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />USDA Service Center, 248 Dozier Ave., Canon City, CO 81212 <br />' SUp1ECT: Vegetation and Soils Inventory onTe: December 3, 1980 <br />R. Carestia Gravel Pit Site <br />Florence, CO. <br />Ta: J. ~. Alessi & Associates <br />t Canon City, CO'. <br />Attn~ William Giordano. <br />' Re:ce is information on soils and vegetation as requested for the abave <br />gravel pit development. The property is descri"red as a portion of SWw <br />i:W Sec. 21, T.19 S, R.69 W.of 6th P.P1., lying northerly of(abandoned) <br />D.& R.G.YI. Railroad Right of 11ay and contains ~ Acres more or less. <br />- The gravel deposits are found generally in the Gravel Breaks site of <br />Cascajo very gravelly sandy loam soils, Cj. See attached Cj soils des- <br />, cr:Lption. <br />There is a smaller area of Loamy Plains range site on the mesa top on Kim <br />soil, KC. This area has adequate soil depth for stockpiling some Bond <br />useable soil for revegetation of the gravel site. Also attached is soil <br />de:>criotion for soil KC <br />' VeF,etative Inventory <br />A considerable portion of the area has already teen disturbed by gx'avel <br />' mir..ing. Annual weeds (kochia and Russian thistle) are growing on the 31s- <br />tur'bed area. <br />Existing native vegetation found on undisturbed sitesi <br />Gravel Breaks site <br />I }ieight Est. %. <br />Grasses - Sand Dropseed 12-18" 10 <br />Red threeawn 10-12" 5 <br />' Shrubs -Sand sagebrush 24-j0" 20 <br />Trees - one seeded Juniper 4-8' 10 <br />Other - Cholla cactii 24-36" 20 <br />Perennial Buckwheat 12-15" 10 <br />' Prickly Fear cactii 6" 5 <br />Snakeweed 12" 10 <br />Other fortis 6-12" 10 <br />' IAamy Foothills site <br />Grasses - Blue grama 6-12" 40 <br />Gall eta 6-12" 30 <br />Ring Muhly 4- 6" 10 <br />Other - snakeweed 12" 10 O <br />' Fortis - weeds 12" 10 <br />v <br />19 <br />