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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 16D Katch clay loam. 4 to B percent slopes. ~'" ' ~:'••: ' :.i <br /> ~ <br />?' <br />1 <br />+ <br />! <br />` <br />` This is a moderately deep, xell drained soil on ^oderately elopin~,aad.', <br />.:~:'~ ~~~ <br />!~ <br />, <br />; <br />; <br />.< <br />.{ 'h.. ~. .. _ <br />~ <br />' ~" gently rolling uplands, It formed in residual material weathered ira~ ..E„ ,:-- <br />.~' . <br />. <br />:~~.._'_ "~~•':; clayey shale. Elevation is 5000 to 6800 feet, Average annual prsoipl- :.;•._ <br />~ <br />:~':,, -. - <br />~ <br />; tation of 14 to 17 inches. Average annual air tesperatire is about.4~.T;?:;~; <br />, <br />. <br />'- <br />?:: i <br />Average frost free period is about 120 to 140 de~e. " -' <br /> <br />-__ _ Included in mapping are small areas of Renohill clay loam, Louviers•clq, ;: <br />+ ~ Cushman tangy loss, and Nunn clay loam, - <br /> . <br />"•+~'`• ' ~ <br />.. Typically the surface layer is grayish brown clay loss about 7 inches <br />' ~.~ <br />- thick. The subsoil is brown or light olive brown clay about 18 1~Mn ~: <br /> <br />. <br />=~~i~' <br />: thick. The substratum is gray clay xith sany weathered shale fragssnta. . <br />: _. <br />'- It is underlain by gray and olive clay shale at 20 to 40 inches belWr;tbs:~-.'• <br /> <br /> <br />`:=<"~.,-::" ::_ Permeability is slox, Effective rooting depth is 20 to 40 inches. Avail- <br />, <br />" "` ,able xatsr capacity is media, Sisface runoff is rapid and erosion laaara;it~ <br />', . <br />' <br />: <br />: . . <br />S <br />, <br />~ <br />, <br />~~.:'•., '. ~. Prisary use is native range, A few small areas are dry farmed and <br />gypped . - <br />~;~':=°• <br />~ <br />~• to small grain and forage sorghums. Many formerly cropped areas hslro beta <br />y~'<' ( <br />` <br />. reseeded to grass and are used for pasture, _ = - <br />~ <br />,~~ <br />• Wildlife food and cover are limited on this soil, Moss} plains xtldllfe <br /> <br />~~ <br />`; <br />~ <br />,: ._ <br />are adapted but production is lox. <br />, <br />4 <br />. <br />ai : <br />.. <br />, , - .. ....• <br />~i.-.. .1•;.'.'~ Yhers used for homeaites or urban or recreational development. Lha fei~tuswa:.~" <br />i`~':^:'...;; :• ?::. affecting its use are as folloxs~ Slow permeability, high.ahrink-swell, ` <br />~:4~;;--:. ' low bearing strength, and high corrosirity cause severe limitations for <br />•`c'.':•' -.• ~ • ell structural uses. Slow permeability and clayey surface cause a aodssat~~ <br />3 <br />•' <br /> <br />~"~ r:`:~ . <br />. <br />, <br />lisitation for most recreational uses, - : ~ ' <br />.% • <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />,~~ _ <br />'~i-' . <br />.. <br />,p. }- <br />1 f..: <br />