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<br />d4-Julesburg-Rcklcy armplex, :! to !) percent slopes.
<br />These gently to nuulcrateh' sloping soils are on uphuul
<br />ridges and hills in Lhc south central part of the cuunl+'.
<br />Average annual precipitation ranges Crom 17 to 1!1 inches.
<br />Julcsburg sandy loam, a to li pmront slopes, makes up
<br />about li0 percent of the map unit, :uul Eckley graeelk
<br />Io:rm, a to 4 percent slopes, makes up about all percent.
<br />The Julushw•g soil is at midslupe and nn foul slopes. The
<br />Eckley soil is on ridge crests and knobs.
<br />Included in this writ are small areas of Uix gravel)}
<br />sandy Inxm, !r Lu lti percent slopes, and Uailcy loamy
<br />sand, :) to !r pcrc•ent slopes. The Dix soil is un knobs and
<br />the Dailey soil is un cnnc;n'c and tout slope positions.
<br />The .lulesburg soil is a deep, +vcll drained soil. IL
<br />formed in noncalcareuus, sandy cation deposits.
<br />Typically the surface layer is grayish brown fine sxndv
<br />loam about L inches thick. The subsoil is dark grayish
<br />hro+en, y;rayish hrn+cn, and brown sandy loam shout '?f
<br />inches thick. The substratum is brawn and pule bro++at,
<br />nonc•alru•euus loamy fine sand Gr rill inches nr more.
<br />Permeability is moderately rapid. Effective routing
<br />depth is ri0 inches or more. Available water capacity is
<br />moderate. Surface runoff is slow, the erosion hazard is
<br />slight, and Lhc soil hlue'ing hazard is moderate.
<br />'fhe Eckley soil is x deep, +cell drained soil. It formed in
<br />sl.rutified, reddish colored, gravelly alluvial materials of
<br />the Ogallala Formation.
<br />Typically Lhc surface layer is dark grayish bro+cn
<br />gracclly loam about :i inches Chick. The subsoil Ixyer is
<br />dark bro+cn xnd bro+vn gravelly sandy cloy loam about I i
<br />inches thick. The substratum layer is light brown gravelly
<br />coarse loamy sand and coarse sand to (iU inches or more.
<br />Permeability is morlerute. The effective rooting depth
<br />is (iil inches ur more. Available water capacity is
<br />moderate. Surf;u•e runoff is rapid, xnd the erosion hazard
<br />is high.
<br />These soils are used almost entirely fm• grazing. Small
<br />isnlaUad areas are used fur nonirrigxtud cropland but are
<br />commmth• severely eroded and are best seeded back Lu
<br />gross. These soils are best suited for grazing.
<br />kxngeland vegetation of [he .Juleshw-g soil consists of
<br />blue grams, sand drupseed, sand reedgrass, little
<br />blucstcm, s+vitchy,~rass, sand bluustem, and needle-
<br />:uulthrcarl xs the main forage spec•ies'. Sand sagebrush is
<br />in a scattered stand in the vegetation. Rangeland vegeta-
<br />tion of the Eckley soil consists mainly of sideoats grams,
<br />IitUe hluestem, blue grams, buffalogrxss, and sedge. Graz-
<br />ing nuuutgumenl mt these soils is needed to main Lain nr
<br />improve productive range condition. Periodic deferment
<br />of graring during rho },rrn+ving season is beneficial in im-
<br />proving and maintaining rmge condition. These soils can
<br />bo w~rdod t.. r;wgchuul grass~•s il' thrt' hi•cumc dcnudod
<br />by grazing ur 6t• cultivation. kangcl:uul mcch;utical trr.rl-
<br />nnvrt is nut generxlh' aliplicabl+h un Lh~•se soils because of
<br />rho high erosion harau•d nt the Eel+h~v soil. Fencing ;wd
<br />c;u~oful location of livestock +catr~ring platys impruvo dis-
<br />Lribuliun ul• grazing use.
<br />Windbreaks and encirumncntal plantings are difficult
<br />G, establish mt these soils. Soil hlo+cing and steepness of
<br />,Inge are the principal cunc•erns to establishing treys and
<br />shrubs. These hazards can he overcome by c•ul[ivuting
<br />only in the tree roe', by contuw• planting and by leaving a
<br />strip of +'egetaticc cover heUveen the ro++'s. Supplemental
<br />IR1gat1O^ is necessary at the time of planting xnd during
<br />dry periods. Trees best suited and having good survival
<br />are Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern redcedar, pmxlerusa
<br />pine, Siberian elm, Russian-oliee and huckherry. Shrubs
<br />hest suited arc skunkbush sumac, lilac and Siberian
<br />pcushruh.
<br />kangelxnd wildlife such us antelope, cuttonUtil :md
<br />coyote are hest adapted on this soil. I,ives[uck tn•ar.ing
<br />management is necessary if livestock and wildlife share
<br />the range. Watering facilities ark also important and arc
<br />utilired by various wildlife species. The position of this
<br />soil to croplands mikes it valuable as u producer ut
<br />osc;gre cuter areas fur upenland wildlife, especially
<br />pheasants.
<br />These ,oils are well suited to use us homesites and
<br />other w•bxn developments, with only minor limitations
<br />that can he easily modified. Sealing methods are required
<br />Lo ucercume excessive seepage if these soils arc used fur
<br />sc+ca7,~c lagoons or sanitary landfills. Capability' subclass
<br />Vle nunin•igaLcd
<br />*Logan County Soil Survey, pp. 43-44.
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