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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />78 SatantaSampson, loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely Flooded <br />Setting <br />Landscape: Tablelands <br />Elevation: 3900 to 5200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 4510 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 152 days <br />Composition <br />Satanta and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Sampson and similar soils: 30 percent <br />Minor components: 30 percent <br />Description of Satanta <br />Setting <br />Landtorm: Paleotecraces <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits over floe-loamy alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: O l0 3 percent <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 15 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.2 inches) <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classifcetion (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3e <br />Ecological site: Loamy (R06713Y002C0) <br />Other vegetative classification: LOAMY PLAINS (067XY002C0_1) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 4 inches: loam <br />4 to 7 inches: clay loam <br />7 to 14 inches: clay loam <br />14 to 19 inches: clay loam <br />19 to 23 inches: clay loam <br />23 to 34 inches: loam <br />34 to 60 inches: loam <br />Description of Sampson <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (KSat): <br />Frequency of Flooding: Rare <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 15 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3c <br />Ecological site: Overflow (R072XY036C0) <br />Typical Profile <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />~,~~'~ <br />R~~ ~ ~ri><~t~t1 <br />r <br />0,~~~ <br />~~ <br />USp/~ Natural Resources <br />~~~ Conservation Service Tabular Data Version: 4 <br />Tabular Data Version Date: 12/19/2005 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />