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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />22 Eckley-Wages complex, 4 to 20 percent slopes <br />Elevation: 4300 to 5200 feet <br />Mean annual precipNation: 13 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 148 days <br />Eckley and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Wages and similar soils: 30 percent <br />Minor components: 30 percent <br />Description of Eckley <br />Setting <br />Composition <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Shoulder <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 4 to 20 percent <br />Depth to resVictive feature: None within 60 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (KSat): <br />Frequency offlooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 5 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.7 inches) <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrgated): 6e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 6e <br />Ecological site: Gravel Breaks (R067BY063C0) <br />Other vegetative classification: GRAVEL BREAKS (067XY063C0_1) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 4 inches: gravelly sandy loam <br />4 to 12 inches: gravelly sandy Gay loam <br />12 to 15 inches: gravelly sandy loam <br />15 to 22 inches: gravelly sand <br />22 to 60 inches: gravelly sand <br />Description of Wages <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits over fine-loamy alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 4 to 12 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: Moderate (about 9.0 inches) <br />Moderately high or high (0.57 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 6e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 6e <br />Ecological site: Loamy (R067BY002C0) <br />Other vegetative classification: LOAMY PLAINS (067XY002C0_1) <br />Typical Profile <br />RECEI~LD <br />OC7 1 S 2f14fi <br />Division of Reciarnabon. <br />Mining and Safety <br />USDA Natural Resources Tabular Data Version:4 <br />Conservation Service Tabular Data Version Date: 12/19/2005 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />