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<br />POTENTIAL PRIME FARMLAND <br />GARFIEL•D COUNTY, COLORADO <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />is <br />SOILS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING MAP UNITS ARE IDENTIFIED AS PRIME <br />FARMLAND IF IRRIGATED WITH AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER. <br />Footnote Symbol Map Unlt Name <br />2* 5 Ascalon Fine Sandy Loam, i to 6 percent slopes <br /> 10 Begay Sandy Loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes <br /> 2B Heldt Clay Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> 49 Olney Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br /> 50 Olney Loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />* 54 Potts Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />* 55 Potts Loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />* 68 Vale Silt Loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING MAP UNITS ARE IDENTIFIED AS PRIME <br />FARMLAND IF THE FOOTNOTED CONDITIONS ARE MET AND IRRIGATED WITH AN <br />ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER. <br />1 40 Kim Loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes <br />3 72 Wann Sandy Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />1 The above list was taken from the Rifle area soil survey. The <br />Aspen-Gypsum area soil survey had no prime farmlands <br />identified. A list of soils is not available for the <br />Douglas-Plateau area soil survey. <br />* Map unit qualities as High Potetlal Dry Cropland. This is a <br />category of "Farmlands of Statewide Importance." <br />Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service <br />(USDA-SCS). 1980. Important farmland inventory - Colorado. <br />