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<br /> <br />X:1~-W:uu, c:u,~ly Loa,u, 1 to j percent ulupc~. 'Phis dcr=p, poorly <br />drained low lying soil is on terraces and valley bottoms. It formed <br />in alluaial materials of primarily sandstone arrd shale. Elevation <br />rar,,;es from ,~,OvU to 6,SOU 1'cct. The average :vuiua] precipitation <br />i5 ;,L~~.~ut 1Z inches:, the avera;,;u annual air temperature is about qe <br />de~rues F'., and the avera„e frost-free period is about 120 days. <br />Typically, the surface layer is a dark grayish brown sandy <br />loam about 12 inches thick. The subsurface layer is mottled, light <br />brownish .;ray fine sandy loam about 2!~ inches ti,ick. The wrder- <br />lying layer is a mottled light brownish ;;rag course sandy barn or <br />loamy sand that extends to a depth of ,•~ore than b0 inches. <br />I nr Lulled with Lhiu :;oi I in wal~pii,~; ;,rc ni.a] I .u'uau ui' ~: i.m, <br />Arvada, and }'luvents which make up 5 to 18 percent of the mapping <br />unit. These soils all have slopes of 1 to 3 percent. <br />Pcni~cabi.lity of the Warn soil is rapid. b:ffective rooting <br />depth varies with the level of the water table, usually about 2 <br />feet. Available water capacity is low, Surface runoff is slow, and <br />the erosion hazard is moderate. Pondint; ocwxrs in the spring, and <br />the water table varies with the amount of irrigation water applied <br />to tbis roil and ^urrow,diry, soils. <br />'Phis soil is used mainly for ~razirrg Land, ,,mass or letvme <br />hay, and pasture. <br />~X ~ l ~4 ! <br />