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USDA United States Natural Resources Meeker Field Office <br />_~_ Department of Conservation 351 7th Street <br />_ Agriculture Service P. O. Box 837 <br />(NRCS) Meeker, CO 81641 <br />Telephone: (970) 878-5628 http://www.co.nres.usda.gov Fax: (970) 878-3730 <br />Inventory and Evaluation <br />Requested,By: Rio Blanco Road & Bridge Date: October 23, 2001 <br />By: Jim Joy, RBC Surveyor <br />Assisted Sy: Alvin L. Jones Location: Qwinn Draw <br />District Conservationist <br />Situation: Resource information was requested for a proposed 9.99 <br />acre gravel pit located between Rio Blanco County Road #122 and <br />Qwinn Draw in section 7, T2N, R100W and section 12, T2N, R101W. <br />Information requested included mapped soil survey information, <br />present site vegetation, and site reclamation recommendations. <br />Information Provided: <br />Soil Resource Information - The proposed pit will be located on <br />soil mapping unit 46, Kinnear fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent <br />slopes. This is a deep, well-drained soil found on fans and <br />upland terraces. It formed in calcareous alluvial and eolian <br />material. Typically, the surface layer is a fine sandy loam 5 <br />inches thick. The subsoil is a loam 12 inches thick. The upper <br />18 inches of the substratum is a highly calcareous loam the lower <br />part of the substratum a loam. The soil is calcareous <br />throughout. The soil is underlain by gravel. Permeability of <br />the soil is moderate, with a high water holding capacity. Runoff <br />is medium and the erosion hazard is slight. The hazard of <br />blowing soil is moderate when the surface is disturbed and not <br />protected. <br />Vegetative Resource Information - The proposed site occurs within <br />the Loamy Saltdesert range site. The vegetative condition and <br />ground cover on this site is low. Ground cover varies from 10 to <br />15 percent. Annual production ranges from 300 to 500 pounds air- <br />dry per acre. Principal vegetative species present on this site <br />include cheatgrass, western wheatgrass, Junegrass, needle and <br />thread grass, bluegrass, big sagebrush, snakeweed, shadescale, <br />greasewood, common mallow, and prickly pear cactus. <br />The Natural Resources Conservation Service works hand•in-hand with <br />the American people to conserve natural resources on private lands AN EQUAL OPPROTUNI7Y PROVIDER AND EMPLOYER <br />