PERMFILE62688

• Permit No: C1981024
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 3 SOILS INFORMATION
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• UNITED STATES DEPARTN,EtiT OF P.GP.ICULTURE
Soil Conservation Service, Colorado •
Technical Guide RANGE SITE N0. 4 _
Section II E Field Office.. ,
July 1976
R?VGE SZTE DESCRIPTION
for
~:?t9Y ALA::'IS
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Land ~escurce Ares: So::thern Roc<}• `!ountain Foothills (49)
... =.'i'.'SiCAL CN.Aiv::TER:~;:C~
1. F hvsicgra~!:ic Features
Topography is ::ear'_y level to c,ently rolling. Slopes are net
oriented in any d=finable direction and are generally less than
ten percent b-,:t ma.; go slightly steeper. Elevatior. ranges
from 5:,00 t.. 6500 feet.
• 2. Clir.:atic Features
Preci_ itation averages 14 to 1 ircF:es annuallc, •.__. 25 -- L.
o' it ccmi^c as sr:~.: cr early s~rinq rains. ~:tim•:- F"cwi.`..-
season o.` native pants is fror.:::cril ?5 to Octo~er ~:. yirh
intensit;: summer stcrr:.s °~llowed Sy hct dry win.::• eer:.._c arr
co-anon occurrence.
3. Native (potential) ':e~atation
Blue grama, uesterr. wheatgrass, ~ottlebrush squ:rrelta_'_, -?:_~ta,
Junegrass an3 side-oats grama, make un most of tie :.__-:Z c .
u::ich tO2315 ~0 to u04. Grasses such as bu "aloa^ass, t:.. ~-ewn,
!:ew N,exico reedleErass, s,olftaii, needle-and-thr•_.s sari <:^_- _eed
a.^.d s?~rubs such as u`nter°at an:: 'ri:;ged safe are seccr.iar•:_n
tie cem-unity. £r.~all amounts of ring mutely, plain= pric'r._~: ;?ar,
ball cactus, sly flc::er seuripea, asters, dotted gayfeather, silky
sophora, silver 3luestsm, scarlet globemallow, curlccup g:~.:eed,
iron plant, goldenuee3, prairie-clover, and wavy-leaf thist:e
grow in small amounts is scattered distribution. Other shr:.`:s
such as smai_ soapweed, rubber rabbitbrush, cholla cact::s, :-oom
sraY.eweed, fouruin~ saltbush, and matri:rony nine occur ir, t...
co:rtnunit}•. . O; timum ground cover is about 30;. An occassic: ' 1 one-
, seed jani;er may occupy this site i° adjacent to a break sit_
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