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Fish Creek Soil Investigation <br />The Bw horizon has hue of SY through 7.SYR, value of 5 through 7 dry, and 3 through 6 moist, <br />with chroma of 2 through 4. It ranges from neutral to moderately alkaline. <br />A Ck horizon is present in some pedons but is absent or discontinuous in others. <br />The C horizon has hue of SY through 7.SYR. It ranges from neutral to strongly alkaline. <br />COMPETING SERIES: These are the Abor> Barkof, Bascow, (T)Bickerdyke, $inco. Bulklev, <br />Dutton, Gerber, Linnet, Marias, and Marvan series, all of which have a frigid temperatwe regime <br />except Binco. In addition, Binco soils lack a paralithic contact within a depth of 40 inches. <br />GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Aaberg soils are on upland hills and ridges where shale occws <br />above a depth of 40 inches. Slopes typically range from 2 to 65 percent. The soil formed in fine <br />texiwed, noncalcareous or weakly calcareous parent sediments weathered from underlying clay <br />shale beds. The average annual precipitation ranges from 9 to 12 inches with peak periods of <br />precipitation during the spring and early summer. The average annual air temperature is 37 <br />degrees F., and the average summer temperature is 57 degrees F. Elevation ranges from 8,200 to <br />8,600 feet. <br />GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Barishman and Bun rrran soils. <br />Barishman soils lack a paralithic contact above a depth of 40 inches. Bundyman soils have <br />continuous horizons of secondary calcium carbonate accumulation above the bedrock. <br />DRAINAGE AND PERMEAI?II..ITY: Moderately well drained; rapid runoff; slow <br />permeability. <br />USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used principally for native pastweland. Native <br />vegetation consists of alkali sage, western wheatgrass, and pine needlegrass, <br />DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: High mountain valleys ofnorth-central Colorado. The series <br />is of moderate extent. <br />MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Lakewood, Colorado <br />SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jackson County Area, Colorado, 1973. <br />._ <br />Habitat Management, Inc. A3-2 01/06/04 <br />