PERMFILE61655

• Permit No: M2000046
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: LEGAL DESCRIPTION
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT A
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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T:iIS SOILS INFOR."LSIION IS NOI SITE SPECIFIC.
09-SITE INVESTIGATION, IESIINC, AND ANALI'SIS BY
COi1PEIE\T PERSONNEL IS NEEDED BEFORE C05SIRL'CIIOti
OR DINER ENGINEERING L'SE OF SOILS.
Applicants for ail USDA Prograr..s ~.•i 11 be given
equal consideration w•i [hou[ regard to race,
age, color, se:e, handicap or national origin.
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I'G L- 3c--'=ort Lol!ins loam, cool, ~' zo S percent slopes. Ihis seep,
well soil is on fan terraces and fans. It formed in alluvium. The
native vegetation is mainly grasses. Elevation is 5,300 to 6,600
feet. The average annual precipitation is 13 to 15 inches, the
average annual air temperature is 49 to 52 degrees F, and the average
frost-free period is 130 to 160 days.
Typically, the surface layer is grayish brown loam about 4 inches
thick. The upper part of the subsoil is mainly clay loam about 17
inches thick. The lower part of the subsoil and the substratum to a
depth of 60 inches or more is loam. The soil is neutral to a depth of
4 inches, mildly alkaline to a depth of 16 inches, and moderately
alkaline below that depth.
Permeability of this Fort Collins soil is moderate. Available
water capacity is high. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more.
Runoff is slow to rapid, and the hazard of water erosion is slight to
high.
This unit is used for rangeland. A few small areas have been used
fo.r cropland but are now planted to grass.
The potential plant community on this unit is mainly western
wheatgrass blue grama, needleandthread, and little blues tem. The
average annual production of air-dry vegetation is about 1,100 pounds
per acre. If the condition of the range deteriorates, blue grama, red
threeawn, prickly pear, and broom snakeweed increase. This unit is
well suited to homesite development.
This map unit is in capability subclass IVe, nonirrigated. It is
in the Loamy Foothill X202 range site.