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l~1/27/2000 14:54 7195869403 NRCS FADE 02 <br />Composition • <br />ibdden seal and slailar inclusionit 90 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 30 percrnt <br />Characteristics of the Hodden Soil <br />-- tendforaa: Aliwlal fens, tan terraces <br />Parent atteriaf: Allwi:u <br />Nttir! plett colaunity types brass <br />7ypiul profile: <br />0 to 6 tnches•brovn gravelly sandy loan <br />5 to 24 IncAts•asinly very gravelly sandy city loo <br />II to 1S inchea•very gravelly sandy clay ioau <br />45 to 60 inches•extreuely gravelly sandy loan <br />DeptA cltss: Very deep <br />Drainage ctasr: Moll <br />PtraaaDilityt Ntderatt <br />Available Ntar rapacity: Lov <br />Potential -ootinp daptbt 60 or once inches <br />Ibtnoff: Nedlur to very rapid <br />Rasard o! eater erosion lno plant cowry: Noderatt to very higA <br />Contrasting Inclusions <br />Inteningltd with this Hodden coil; soils with a Iw conttot of rock fragaents <br />!n depressional cress and drainagevaysl soils vith a Iar cantent of rock fragaents and cltyey in the <br />line eart4 fraction <br />Nijor Uses <br />rangeland <br />Major Management Factors <br />Soi!-related (xtors: Lov available utter capacity, higA content of rock tragrants, steepness of slope <br />- Cliaatlt lxtors: <br />Mean annual precipitation=12 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air tlsptratur!=36 to d0 degrees F <br />Frost-free period•50 to 60 days <br />Eievation•p,000 to 9,700 felt <br />Management Considerations <br />Rangeland <br />Cbeinant vegetation: <br />In potential picot cotaaunityAritona fescue, uestern vAtatgrass, prairie junegrass <br />In present plant couunitysliHtta auAly, uestern uheatgrass, Ariiona fescue, blue grna, <br />prtirie ,iunegrais, fringed sagtbrvsh <br />Response tb ! deterioration in th! scope condition: An increase or invasion of tilsstes ~vhly, uestern <br />uheatgrass, fringed tagebrush, blue gnu, Aricora fescue <br />Anrwat production of air-dry vegetation in years of a•erage rainlalft 750 pounds per acre <br />Suitability for reading eitA • drill: Good <br />Building site development <br />Suitability: Got/ to fair <br />eanagatrnt cenrersss <br />~ Steepness of slope is a eoderately lisiting tenor vAere scope is greater roan about 8 Descent <br />Interpretative Groups <br />_ Land capability ctassi(icatron, nonirrlgateds Vlo <br />Range sites Neuntain Loae, 10-16' PP1 21:5 <br />