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~ ~ U.S. Department of Agriculture Page - 1 <br />Soil Conservation Service 11/14/94 <br />NONTECHNICAL SOILS DESCRIPTION REPORT <br />FOR DESCRIPTION CATEGORY - SOI <br />Survey Area- LARIMER COUNTY AREA, COLORADO <br />Map <br />Symbol <br />Description <br />53 KIM LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES This nearly level soil <br />is on uplands and fans. Included with this soil in <br />mapping are a few small areas of soils that are more or <br />less sloping, a few small areas of soils that have a <br />surface layer of clay loam, and a few small areas of <br />soils that have gravel on the surface. Also included <br />are a small areas of Fort Collins and Stoneham soils. <br />A water table is within the root zone for parr, of the <br />growing season in a few areas. The Kim series consists <br />of deep, well drained soils that formed in mixed <br />alluvium. Typically, the surface layer is a loam about <br />12 inches thick. The underlying material is loam about <br />48 inches thick. Permeability is moderate, and the <br />available water holding capacity is high. Reaction is <br />mildly alkaline above a depth of 12 inches and <br />moderately alkaline below that depth. Runoff is slow. <br />The hazard of water erosion is slight, and the hazard <br />of wind erosion is moderate. This unit is a Loamy <br />Plains range site. Capability unit is IIe-1 Irrigated, <br />IVe-3 Dryland <br />56 KIM-THEDALUND LOAMS, 3 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES This <br />complex consists of gently sloping to moderately steep <br />soils on uplands, fans, and valleysides. It is about <br />45 percent Kim loam and about 35 percent Thedalund <br />loam. The Kim loam is less sloping and the Thedalund <br />loam is steeper. Included with these soils in mapping <br />are small areas of Renohill and Midway soils, small <br />rock outcrops and gravel knobs, and some small wet seep <br />spots. The Kim series consists of deep, well drained <br />soils that formed in mixed alluvium. In a typical soil <br />profile the surface layer is a loam about 5 inches <br />thick. The underlying material is a loam about 55 <br />inches thick. The Thedalund series consists of <br />moderately deep, well drained soils that formed in <br />material weathered from sandstone and shale. In a <br />typical soil profile the surface layer is a loam about <br />4 inches thick. The subsurface layer is a loam about 4 <br />inches thick. The underlying material is loam abort <br />23 inches thick over soft shale and sandstone. <br />Permeability is moderate, and the available water <br />capacity is medium to high. Reaction is neutral to <br />mildly alkaline above a depth of about 4 inches and <br />moderately alkaline below that depth. Runoff is rapid, <br />and the hazard of water erosion is severe. This unit is <br />a Loamy Plains range site. Capability unit is VIe-1 <br />