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_. <br /> <br />s~sl <br />RCtIC-Pulpit loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes. This moderately deep, cell <br />drained soil .is on uplands. It formed in eolian material overlying <br />sandstone. Elevation is 5,400 to 7,100 feet. The average arnual <br />precipitation is about 11 to 17 inches, the average annual air temperature is <br />47 to 52 degrees F, and the the average frost-free season is 100 to 135 <br />days. <br />Typically, the surface layer is reddish brown loam about 10 inches thick. <br />the upper 10 inches of the subsoil is reddish brown clay loam. The lower 5 <br />inches is reddish brown loam. The upper 5 inches of the substratum is <br />reddish brown loam.. Tte lower part m a depth of 36 inches is pink fine <br /> sandy loam. Hard sandstone is at a depth of 36 inches. <br />~ Included in this unit are small areas of Cahora very fine sandy loam, <br />~ <br />~ Sharps loam and Witt loam rn uplands and mesa tops, Ackmen loam and Zigc~eid <br /> clay loam on scales and drainageways, and P.enohill Variant loan m shoulders. <br />Included areas Hake up about 15 percent of the total acreage. <br />Permeability of this Pulpit soil is moderately slow. Available water <br />capacity is moderate. Effective rooting depth is 20 to 40 inches. Auioff is <br />medium, and the hazard of water erosion is moderate. Cepth to hard sandstone <br />ranges fran 20 to 40 inches. Shrink-swell potential is moderate. Content of <br />rock fragments ranges from 0 to 10 percent. <br />'This unit .is used mainly for crops and pasture. It'is also used for <br />honesite development, livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. <br />The potential plant community on this unit is mainly western wheatgrass, <br />muttongrass, big sagebrush and Indian ricegrass. The average annual <br />production of a.ir-dry vegetatirn is about 800 pounds per acre. <br />