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United States N Natural Resources ~ Survey Office <br />Department of Conservation 248 Dozier Ave <br />Agriculture Service Canon City Co 81212 <br />SUBJECT: Soils information sec. 30 & <br />31 of T. 135., R. 69 W. <br />TO: Greg Loop <br />PK Enterprises <br />P.O Box 378 <br />Divide, Co 80814 <br />DATE: January 23, 1998 <br />As you requested in our telephone conversation on Wednesday, <br />please find enclosed soils and seeding information for section <br />30, T. 13 S., R. 69 W. You will find a map unit description <br />(SG)=Catamount-Guffey complex, and two taxonomic unit <br />descriptions: Catamount and Guffey. I have also included a copy <br />of sheets 15 and 18 from the Pike National Forest-Eastern Part <br />Soil Survey. The area you are interested in is delineated as <br />(6). The (6) delineation is the Catamount soil. <br />The Forest Service lands are used only for a limited number of <br />activities, therefore there is less of a need to map these soils <br />to great detail as we do for private lands. As a result, we <br />often have slight differences when two such survey areas meet. <br />Along the match line, the Teller-Park Soil Survey has mapped a <br />complex of two soils. The dominant soil in that complex being <br />the Catamount soil. The minor component in that complex being <br />the Guffey soil. These two soils are nearly identical, but our <br />rigorous taxonomy allows that they be separated. The Forest <br />Service maps the area only as Catamount soil. These details are <br />hardly worth mentioning, but I thought I would bring them to your <br />attention for better understanding of our products. <br />If you use Catamount soil parameters in your proposal you will be <br />quite accurate. The information on soil reconstruction material <br />for drastically disturbed areas was intended for surface mining <br />reclamation, but it will give you some idea of limiting factors. <br />I hope this information is helpful. Please call me at (719) 686- <br />9405 if you have any questions. <br />I would like to visit the site in a year or so to observe the re- <br />vegetation. I feel your project could be a valuable learning <br />tool for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. I look <br />forward to working with you again in the future. <br />Sincerely, <br />Melissa R. Trenchik <br />Soil Scientist <br />The Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly the Soil Conservation <br />Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture AN EQUAL <br />OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />