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.: • _2_ E~bit B 1 (page 1 of 3) 4/83 SOIL DESCRIPTION REPORT Sx--Schamber-Stoneham complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes. This map unit is on hills and bench edges. The naive vegetation is mainly midgrasses and short grasses. The average annual precipitation is about 13 to 15 inches. This unit is 25 percent Schamber very gravelly sandy loam and 25 percent Stoneham loam. Also in this unit is about 15 percent intergrading gravelly soils. Included in this unit are small areas of Vona loamy sand, Eckley gravelly sandy loam, and Yoder sandy loam. The percentage varies from one area to another. Tne Schamber soil is deep and excessively drained. It formed in sand and gravel derived dominantly from the Ogallala formation. Slope is 6 to 35 percent. Typically, the surface layer is grayish brown very gravelly sandy loam 3 inches thick. The subsoil is brown very gravelly sandy loam 7 inches thick. The substratum to a depth of 18 inches or mare is pinkish gray very gravelly loamy sand and is underlain by light gray very gravelly sand to a depth of 60 inches or more. Permeability of the Schamber soil is very rapid. Available water capacity Ss low. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Runoff is rapid, and the hazard of water erosion is moderate. The hazard of soil blowing is high. The Stoneham soil is deep and well drained. It formed in calcareous loess and alluvium derived dominantly from mixed sources. Slope is 6 to 25 percent. Typically, the surface layer is yellowish brown loam 3 inches thick. The upper 4 inches of the subsoil is yellowish brown clay loam. The lower 2 inches is very pale brown calcareous heavy loam. The upper 37 inches /'°~ of the substratum is very pale brown calcareous loam. The lower part to a f depth of 60 inches is pink calcareous sandy clay loam.