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<br />124 - Forelle loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes <br />The Foralle soil is deep and well-drained. It developed from locally derived <br />calcareous alluvium on upland fans and mesas. Small areas of Piceance, '.cork, <br />Yamac and Foltay soils ware included in mapping. These soils occupy less than <br />15 percent of the mapping unit. <br />In a typical profile, the surface layer is light yellowish brown loam about <br />7 inches thick. 'The subsoil is pale brown loam about 11 inches thick. The lower <br />subsoil is very pale brown calcareous loam about 15 inches thick and is underlain <br />with very pale brown and light yellowish brown loam to sandy clay loam at a depth <br />of 33 inches. <br />The Foralle soil has moderate permeability and .medium runoff. The erosion <br />hazard is moderate from wind and water. Available waterholding capacity is <br />• moderately high to high. Effective rooting depth is 40 to 50 inches or more. <br />This soil is used for livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. The vegetation <br />is primarily big sagebrush and mixed perennial and annual grasses. <br />The average depth of suitable topsoil material is 60 inches ranging from <br />40 to 80 or more inches. This material is rated fair to good with suitability <br />decreasing with depth. <br />• <br /> <br />