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n <br />u <br />WiB =Wilid silt loam, 0 to 3 <br />- percent slopes <br />setting <br />Landscape: Plains <br />Landform: Plains <br />Elevation: 4,600 to 6,500 feet <br />Native plants: Grass <br />Air temperature: 50 to 53 degrees <br />F <br />Annual precipitation: it to 14 <br />inches <br />Frost-free period: 125 to 145 days <br />Composition <br />Wilid soil and similar inclusions: <br />85 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 15 percent <br />Typical Profile <br />Surface layer: <br />0 to 5 inches=silt loam <br />Subsoil: <br />5 to 36 inches=silty clay loam <br />Substratum: <br />36 to 60 inches=silt loam <br />soil Properties and Qualities <br />Parent material: Loess <br />Depth class: Very deep <br />Drainage class: well drained <br />Permeability: Moderate <br />Available water capacity: High <br />Potential rooting depth: 60 or <br />more inches <br />Flooding: None <br />Runoff: Slow <br />Hazard of water erosion: Moderate <br />Hazard of wind erosion: High <br />Carbonates:Throughout the profile <br />Contrasting Inclusions <br />Manzanola and Bacid soils that <br />average more than 35 percent clay <br />Kim soils average more than 15 <br />percent sand <br />Villedry soils that have bedrock <br />from 20 to 40 inches deep <br /> <br />Major Management Factors <br />Cropland <br />Soil-related factors: Wind <br />erosion, available water capacity <br />Suitability: Fair <br />Main crop: Alfalfa <br />Annual production: 4 tons per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Irrigation water management <br />Windbreaks <br />Soil-related factors: Wind <br />erosion, available water capacity <br />Suitability: Good <br />Management considerations: <br />Supplemental irrigation is <br />necessary during dry periods <br />Trees suitable are Russian olive, <br />Rocky Mountain juniper <br />Shrubs suitable are Lilac, plum <br />IIrban Development <br />Soil-related factors: Wind <br />erosion, available water capacity, <br />moderate shrink-swell potential <br />Suitability as a site for <br />buildings: Good <br />Management considerations: <br />wind erosion around construction <br />sites <br />Rangeland <br />Suitability: Fair <br />Dominant vegetation in the <br />potential plant community: Blue <br />grams, western wheatgrass <br />Annual production of air-dry <br />vegetation: 900 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Proper grazing use <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability subclass: IIe, <br />irrigated, IVc, nonirrigated <br />Range site: Loamy Plains #6 <br />MLRA: 69 <br />Major Current IIses <br />Rangeland, irrigated cropland <br />