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T~ <br />• ~ • <br />~x~ I C3 tT ~.. - ~ 2i9o <br />15sn--Clifsand-Chroder complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes. <br />This .map unit is on fan terraces. Elevation is 5,400 to <br />n,r.i00 feet. The average annual precipitation is 7 to 10 <br />inches, trio average annual air temperature is 45 tc: 43 <br />degrees F, and the average frost-free period is 90 to 105 <br />days. <br />This unit is GO percent Clifsand sail and ~•0 percent <br />Chroder soil. <br />Ir~c I ude~i i r~ tt~ i s urn i t i s abc•ut 10 per-cent T i pperar-y <br />loamy sand can dunes near- escar-prner~ts. <br />Tt~e C:lifsar~~i sail is very deep and well drained. It <br />f~;r-rned in al luviurn derived fr-~:rn sedimentary rocks. <br />Typical ly, the surface layer is yel I~~wisF~ t~r-oun calcareous <br />loamy sand ~ inches thick:. The upper 11 inches of ttie <br />suGs~~i I is I fight br-owri calcareous sandy barn. The ne;:t part <br />t•o a depth of 43 inches is pinkishi white very c~~bbly sandy <br />loam containing a high arnour~t of calcium cart~onate. The <br />lower- part to a depth of 50 inches or more is light reddish <br />brown calcareous e::trernely stony sand. <br />Permeability of the Clifsand soil is mr,derately r-api~i. <br />Available water capacity is low. Effective roatir~g depth is <br />DSO inches or more. Runoff is slow, and the hazard of water <br />erosion is moderate. The. hazard of soil blowing is high. ... <br />