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Soil Conservation Service
<br />° '~~ y EXHIBIT I Colorado Springs, CO
<br />.iw December 8, 1977
<br />G ,.^ Mined Land Reclamation
<br />~ Inventory & E~raluation
<br />for
<br />Scnmidt-Tiago Construction Co.
<br />Gravel Pit Operations
<br />Christian Pit Area No, 7 and
<br />Christian Pit Area No, 2
<br />LOCATION: Both pits are located approximately 1 mild south~rest of
<br />Interstate Highiray 25, Fountain Exit, Pit Area No, 1 is in the south
<br />half of the southeast quarter of Section 12, T16S, B661~lo Pit Area
<br />Ito, 2 is in the northwest quarter of Section 13, T16S, R661~1, Pit
<br />• Area No, 1 is located on the northeast escarpment of a narrott north-
<br />tre~t to southeast trending plateau, Pit Area No, 2 is loca~iad oa 'cha
<br />southwoet escarpment of the same plateau.
<br />SOILS: Soil on the escarpment portion of the site is a Schrmber G^ave'.--
<br />ly loam on elopes of 30 to 50 percent, Razor clay loam occurs at fha
<br />toe of the gravelly elopes, in places. The predominant soil on level
<br />plateau areas into which both of the pit operations ere nor being
<br />extended is a Fort Collins loam on 0 to 3 percent slopes. Thir io a
<br />deep, well-drained, medium textured soil formed in medium textured
<br />alluvium, The depth of alluvium over gravel apparently ranges from
<br />about G to 15 feet,
<br />BEGETATIOId: There are two distinct plant communities on those arena,
<br />one on the Fort Collins loam and one on the Schamber gravelly loam soil,
<br />Bluo grams is the dominant plant do the Fort Collins loam, Also
<br />found erere Prickly pear cactus, Snakeweed, Cholla, and Low rabbitbruah,
<br />Side-oats grams and blue grams are the dominant grasses on the
<br />Schamber gravelly loam. Other grasses found were Little blues'cem, Big
<br />blueetem, and Three-awn, Shrubs found were Low rabbitbrush, Bv.ckuhoe'i,
<br />and Snaketireed.
<br />Bangs sites correlated to theee soils are respectively loamy p?ains
<br />and gravel breaks, Range condition on both sites where not disturbed
<br />by the gravel pit operations is currently fair to good,
<br />OTHER INVENTORY OBSERYATIOl]S: The floors of the current pit operations
<br />are hard packed sandy gravelly loam material, A few minor ereae of
<br />silty clay loam were noticed.
<br />A small spring-fed pond has been developed in the area of Pit 1?0, 2.
<br />RECLAI+IATION RECOMMENDATIONS: Reclamation procedures gill consist of
<br />developing irorkable elopes, water control, topaoiling, end eatablLehment
<br />of native vegetation for future use as rangeland,
<br />SLOPES: While natural slopes of 30 to 50 percent can be found on i;ho
<br />gravel slopes of the undisturbed escarpment, they are stable only beceuao
<br />a protective cobble blanket has accumulated on the surface duri~ %he
<br />natural, long, elotr process of land form development,
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