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SOILS DESCRIPTIONS <br />[Courtesy o/Natural Resources Conservation Service] <br />t342 GLADEL-PULPIT COMPLEX, 3 TO 9 % SLOPES <br />SETTING <br />Landscaping position: Mesas and hills <br />Parent material: Kind-residuum and eolian material; <br />source---sandstone <br />Native plant community: Grassy areas with pion and <br />juniper woodland <br />Elevation: 6,200 to 7,400 feet <br />Mean annual temperature: 46 to 50 degrees F <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 16 inches <br />Frost-free period: 100 to 120 days <br />COMPOSITION <br />Gladel soil and similar inclusions: 45 percem <br />Pulpit soil and similaz inclusions: 35 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 20 percent <br />C7iARALTER7ST/CS OFTNE GLADEL SOIL <br />Landscape position: Mesas and hills <br />Slope range: 3 to 9 percent <br />Parent material: Kind--residuum and eolian material; <br />source---sandstone <br />7~YPICAL PROFILE <br />0 to S etches---light reddish brown flaggy fine sandy loam <br />5 to 10 inches--light reddish brown flaggy fine sandy loam <br />10 to 15inches-pinkish gray flaggy fine sandy loam <br />15inches--hard Dakota Sandstone <br />SOIL PROPERTIES <br />Depth class: Shallow <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Permeability: Moderately rapid <br />Available water capacity: Very low <br />Potential rooting depth: 12 to 20 inches <br />Flooding: None <br />Runoff Medium <br />Hazard ojwater erosion: Moderate <br />Hazard ojShrink-swe![ potential: L.ow <br />CNARALTERlSTICS OFTHEPULPIT SOIL <br />Landscape position: Mesas and hills <br />Slope range: 3 to 9 percent <br />Parent material: Kind---eolian material; sotuce---sandstone <br />TYP/CAL PROFILE <br />0 to 10 inches-reddish brown loam <br />10 to 20 inches---reddish brown clay loam <br />20 to 30inches--reddish brown loam <br />30 to 36 inches --pink fine sandy loam <br />36 inches--Hard Dakota Sandstone <br /> <br />SO/L PROPERTIES RECEIVE D <br />Depth class: Moderately deep <br />Drainage class: Well drained JAN 19 2006 <br />Permeability: Moderately slow <br />Available water capacity: Moderate Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Potential rooting depth: 20 to 40 inches <br />Flooding: None <br />Hazard of water erosion: Moderate <br />Hazard of wind erosion: Moderate <br />Shrink-swell potential: Low <br />INCLUDED AREAS <br />COntrasting ItICIUS1onS <br />Rock outcrop <br />Dolcan soils on hills <br />Wetherill soils on hills and mesas <br />Slmllaz hIC1USlODS <br />Sharps soils on hills and mesas <br />MAJORMANAGEMENT FACTORS <br />Rangeland <br />Suitability: Poor <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community on <br />the GJadel soil: Pinyon, Juniper, Indian ricegrass, western <br />wheatgrass, big sagebrush, antelope bitterbrusb, mountain <br />Mahogany <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community ojthe <br />Pulpit soil western wheatgrass, Big sagebrush, antelope <br />bitterbnrsh, needleandthread. Potential annual production of <br />air-dry vegetation on the Gladel soil: 350 pounds per acre. <br />Potential annual production of air-dry vegetation on the <br />Pulpit soil: 800 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations <br />Surface stones limit equipmem use. <br />. Low available water capacity limits forage production <br />CROPLAND <br />Suitability: Unsuitable <br />Soil-relatedjactors: Depth <br />Building Site Development <br />Suitability: Poor <br />Soil-relatedjactors: Depth <br />Managemem considerations: <br />. Depth to bedrock may limit excavations. <br />. The presence of shallow bedrock may adversely affect <br />septic systems. <br />1/13~oa - 23 - OAIa 1fY Appl NINDMARSN SANQSTONE <br />