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<br />MOYERSJN SERIES <br />Taxono,nic Classification: Clayzy, mont~norillonitic (calcarzous), frigid, <br />shallow family of Ustio Torriorthznts. <br />Setting: ~4oyerson soils are on ridgetops and steep sidaslopes. 'They have formed <br />in rssiduwn from weathzrad shah and clay stonz. Slopes arz 5 to 30 percent. <br />General Charactzristics: f4oyzrson soils are well-drained with :noderately slow <br />to slow permeability and ~nediu~n to moderately rapid runoff. Vegetation is <br />primarily mixed perennial grasses and big sagebrush with some areas of <br />chzatgrass. <br />Range in Characteristics: Textures arz loamy to silty clay with more than <br />35 percent clay in the control section. Coarsz fragment content is 5 to 40 percent <br />• with accumulations of visible secondary calcium carbonate below about ~ inches. <br />Reaction is mildly to moderately alkaina with alkalinity increasing with depth. <br />Depth to bedrock is 10 to 20 inches. <br />Type Location: 800 feat east of the northwest corner of Section 25, f2N, R101,J. <br />Pit number 12. <br />• <br />