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• <br />-8- <br />II. Soil and Ye3etation lnven`~ry and Site Restoration Recommendations <br />for Castle Concrete Comnaxfir; Sand Plant Operation, <br />A, liIY~`~ i'03Y <br />Soils <br />Two primary soils occur on this site, The Ellicott series <br />occupies the flood plain area of Fountain Creek. The surface <br />layer of this soil is a loam/ coarse sand about !~ inches thick, <br />The underlying layers are stratified coarse sand and sandy Loam. <br />The Chaseville series occupies thg higher terrace part o£ the <br />Bite. It is a gravelly sand loam, Tne surface layer is usually <br />about 1!~ inches 'rnick. <br />Soil survey interpretations for the Ellicott and Chaseville <br />series, are attached, <br />1 <br />Yea Cation <br />Vegetation native y~,o the site includes Western wheatgrass, <br />blue grams, needle grasses, little bluaetem, and sand dropseed, <br />B, <br />Recommendations for slope construction, site preparation, and <br />revegetation measures are the same as for the limestone quarries, <br />ezcept for topsoil and seed mizture. <br />9fter grading to 3:1 slopes or flatter, 4 to 6 inches of sandy <br />loam soil should be applied, folloxed by fertilizer application, <br />sesdin3i and mulching, <br />