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222 -Wetopa -Wesdy complex <br />Surface runoff: medium to very rapid <br />• Hazard of water erosion: low to high <br />Shrink-swell potential: moderate <br />Mass movement potential: low to high <br />COMPOSITION <br />Wetopa soil and similar soils: 50 percent <br />Wesdy soil and similar soils: 35 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 15 percent <br />CONTRASTING INCLUSIONS <br />Five percent Northwater soils an the lesser sloping areas <br />Five percent Seth soils on the lesser sloping areas <br />Five percent Taterheap soils on side slopes <br />MAJOR USES <br />Timber production, wildlife, recreation, and livestock grazing <br />• MAJOR MANAGEMENT FACTORS <br />Recreation <br />Wetooa and Wesdv <br />Soil-related factors: slow permeability, steep slopes in some areas, high soil erosion hazard in the <br />steeper areas, high mass movement potential in the steeper areas, (Wetopa -high shrink-swell <br />potential), (Wesdy -moderate shrink-swell potential and subsurface rock fragments) <br />Management considerations: <br />Revegetate disturbed areas at construction sites as soon as possible to reduce the hazard of soil <br />erasion. <br />In the steeper areas, reduce soil erosion by disturbing only the part of the site that is used for <br />construction. <br />The effects of shrinking and swelling can be minimized by using proper engineering designs. <br />Higher construction and maintenance costs should be expected on this unit. <br />Limit the use of areas with steeper slopes to a few paths and trails that extend across the slope. <br /> <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 37 <br />