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<br />PAONIA SOIL SURVEY AREA MAPPING UNIT: 80-C <br />SOIL MAPPIPIG DESCRIPTIONS PUDLISHED UNIT: 24 <br />Mapping Unit: Cliffdovm gravelly loam <br />Position: Terraces and outwash fans <br />Drainage: !Jell drained, unless influenced by foreign sources of water. <br />Slope: 0 to 12 percent <br />~ Soil Profile: Texture Thickness Permeability <br />Surface: Gravelly loam 0-9 inches Moderately rapid <br />' Subsoil: Loam 9-60 inches Moderately rapid <br />Underlying material is very gravelly sandy loam and is aver extremely gravel- <br />ly loam. Oedrock is greater than 60 inches. <br />Available water capacity is 3.5 inches for the 60 inch rooting depth. <br />Water table depth is greater than 6 feet. <br />~ Erosion Hazard: Slight from wind, aaderate from water. Frequency of flooding is <br />none. <br />Capability Unit: VIIe nonirrigated. <br />Range Site: Loamy saltdesert <br />Normal production is 700 lbs./acre dry weight forages <br />Other features: <br />Runoff is medium. <br />Soil is moderately alkaline below 9 inches. <br />Soil pH is 7.4 to 6.4 <br />Salinity is less than 2 Mmhos/cm <br />Risk of corrosion is High for uncoated steel and law for concrete. <br />Law frost action potential. <br />Good for roadfill. <br />Poor for sand, wilth excess fines and fair for gravel with excess fines. <br />A poor source of topsoil with small stones. <br />The following describes the severity of restrictive soil features for pro- <br />posed uses: <br />Septic tank absorption tanks Slight <br />Sewage lagoon areas Severe Seepage, small stones <br />Sanitary landfill Severe Small stones <br />Daily cover for landfill Poor Small stones <br />Shallow excavations Severe Small stones and but bankk <br />cave <br />Dwellings w/basements Slight <br />Gvellin9s w/o basements Slight <br />(over) <br />