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67 -Rock outcrop <br />67 -Rock outcrop <br />SETTING <br />Landforms: canyon walls, escarpments, very steep upland side slopes <br />Elevation: variable <br />Mean annual air temperature: variable <br />Mean annual precipitation: variable <br />Frost-free period: variable <br />CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROCK OUTCROP <br />Rock outcrop consists of large exposures of shale parallel to the surface and as cliffs, breaks, or <br />escarpments. <br />MAJOR USES <br />Wildlife, recreation <br />MAJOR MANAGEMENT FACTORS <br />Management Considerations: <br />• The steepness of slope limit the uses of this unit to wildlife habitat, limited recreation, watershed, <br />and scenic beauty. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />Land capability classification: VIII <br />• <br />Soils Description Report -West Elk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 17 <br />