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_a- <br />II, Soil and Vegetation Inven'aory and Site 3estoration P,ecommendations <br />for Castle Concrete Compa.~/; Sand Plant Operation, <br />6, IiiP~'P03Y <br />Soils <br />Txo primary soils occ+.ir on this site. The Ellicott series <br />occupies the flood plain area of Fountain Creek. The surface <br />layer of this soil is a loa~7 coarse sand about !~ inches thick. <br />Tha underlying layers are stratified coarse sand and sandy loam. <br />The Chaseville series occupies tb.e higher terrace part o£ the <br />site. It is a gravelly sandy loam. The surface layer is usually <br />about 14 inches faits. <br />Soil survey interpreta'~.ions for the Ellicott and Chaseville <br />series, are attached. <br />i <br />Venstation <br />Yegatation native ~~o the site includes Western wheatgrass, <br />blue grams, needle grasses, little bluastem, and sand dropseed. <br />B. F,~I,~i4:1TI0y R~CO;~^1`~DATIO:+S <br />P,ecommendations for slogs construction, site preparation, and <br />revegetation measures are the same as for the limestone quarries, <br />ezcept far topsoil and lead aizture, <br />After gradiag to jet slopes or flatter, 1~ to 6 inches of sandy <br />loan soil should be applied, £olloxed by fertilizer application, <br />seeding, and rm].C inc, <br />