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<br /> <br />s/sl <br />ROEiC-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 s,400 to 7,100 feet. The average annual <br />precipitation is about 11 to 17 inches, the average arnual 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 broo-n loam.. The lower part to 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 snail areas of Cahona very fire sandy loam, <br />~ Sharps loam and Witt loam on uplands and mesa tops, AcMnen loam and Zigceid <br />clay loam on scales and drainageways, and F~nohill Variant loam rn shoulders. <br />Included areas make up about 15 percent of the total acreage. <br />Fez7neability of this Pulpit soil is moderately slow. Available water <br />capacity is mNerate. Effective rooting depth is 20 to 40 inches. Fh~noff is <br />medium, and the hazard of water erosion is moderate. Cepth to hard sandstone <br />ranges fran 20 to 40 inches. Shrink-swell Evtential is moderate. Content of <br />rock fragmznts ranges fmm 0 to 10 percent. <br />This unit .is used mainly for crops and cnsture. It'is also used for <br />hanesite develognent, livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. <br />The potential plant community on this unit is mainly western wheatgrass, <br />muttongrass, btg sagebrush and Indian ricegrass. The average annual <br />pceduction of a.ir~]ry vegetation is about 800 pounds per acre. <br />