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Official Series Description - NEESOPAH Series LOCATION NEESOPAH CO Established Series Rev. AJC 09/2001 NEESOPAH SERIES Page 1 of 3 The Neesopah soils consist of deep, well to moderately well drained, moderate to rapid permeabile soils formed in thick calcareous moderately coarse textured alluvium or eolian material. These neazly level soils are on terraces. Slopes range &on 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual air temperature is 52 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation is 14 inches TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ustic Haplargids TYPICAL PEDON: Neesopah sandy clay loam -cultivated. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.) Ap--O to 14 inches; grayish brown (1 OYR 5/2) sandy clay loam, dark grayish brown (lOYR 4/2) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure hat parts to medium granules; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; peds are extremely hard; partly decomposed organic plant remains; calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); abrupt smooth boundary. (10 to 20 inches thick) Bt--14 to 26 inches; brown (lOYR 5/3) sandy loam, brown (1 OYR 4/3) moist; weak coazse prismatic structure that parts to medium subangular blocks; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; thin wax-like patches on some faces of peds and wax-like coatings and bridges on and between sand grains; few wax-like coatings and fillings on the inside of root channels and pores; calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); cleaz wavy boundary. (5 to 30 inches thick) Bk--26 to 30 inches; pale brown (1 OYR 6/3) sandy loam, brown (1 OYR 5/3) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few glossy patches on some faces of peds and discontinuous glossy coatings on the inside of some root channels and pores; visible secondary calcium carbonate occurring as concretions and in thin seams and streaks; calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick) Ck--30 to 40 inches; pale brown (lOYR 6/3) light sandy loam, brown (lOYR 5/3) moist; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; visible secondary calcium carbonate occurring as concretions and in thin seams and streaks; calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4). TYPE LOCATION: Crowley County, Colorado; approximately .1 mile east and 110 feet north of S1/4 comer Sec. 14, T: ' 21 S., R. 58 W. _ ___ --, RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to argillic horizon: 10 to 20 inches Depth to calcic horizon: 15 to 50 inches EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 14 Particle-size control section (weighted average): Sand content: 25 to 36 percent Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent Size: Gravel horizon: ie: 2.SY to 7.SYR Sto7dry,3to6moist 11 /02/2006