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13 -Beenom -Absarokee association <br />13 -Beenom -Absarokee association, 20 to 60 percent slopes <br />SETTING <br />Landforms: mountain side slopes <br />Elevation: 6,800 to 8,300 feet <br />Mean annual air temperature: 43 degrees F <br />Mean annual precipitation: 17 inches <br />Frost-free period: 100 days <br />CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEENOM SOIL <br />Parent material: sandstone, interbedded shale <br />Dominant native plants: Gambel oak, serviceberry, big sagebrush, snowberry <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 4 inches -grayish brown loam <br />4 to 9 inches -dark brawn clay loam <br />9 to 14 inches -very pale brown channery loam <br />14 inches -slightly weathered calcareous sandstone or interbedded sandstone and shale <br />Depth class: shallow <br />Drainage class: well drained <br />Permeability: moderate <br />Available water capacity: low • <br />Potential rooting depth: 14 inches <br />Surface runoff: rapid <br />Hazard of water erosion: high <br />Shrink-swell potential: low <br />Mass movement potential: low <br />CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ABSAROKEE SOIL <br />Parent material: sandstone <br />Dominant native plants: Gambel oak, serviceberry, big sagebrush, wheatgrasses, bromes <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 7 inches -dark grayish brown loam <br />7 to 13 inches -grayish brown clay loam <br />13 to 17 inches -brown clay <br />17 to 25 inches -brown clay <br />25 to 30 inches -light brown channery clay loam <br />30 inches -fractured calcareous sandstone bedrock <br />Depth class: moderately deep <br />Drainage class: well drained <br />Permeability: moderately slow • <br />Available water capacity: low <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 4 <br />