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U.S. Department of ~riculture <br />• Soil Conservation Service <br />• Page - 3 <br />11/1-_/94 <br />NONTECHNICAL SOILS DESCRIPTION REPORT <br />FOR DESCRIPTION CATEGORY - SOI <br />Survey Area- LARIMER COUNTY AREA, COLORADO <br />Map <br />Symbol Description <br />sloping soil is on uplands and benches. Included with <br />this soil in mapping are small areas of soils that have <br />a surface layer of sandy loam and some areas in which <br />shale or sandstone is at a depth of 40 to 60 inches. <br />Also included are small areas of Fort Collins, Kim, and <br />Larimer soils. The Stoneham series consists of deep, <br />well drained soils that formed in mixed alluvial and <br />wind-deposited material. Typically, the surface layer <br />is a loam about 3 inches thick. The upper part of the <br />subsoil is a clay loam about 5 inches thick. The lower <br />part is a loam about 4 inches thick. The susbtratum_~ <br />a loam extending to 60 inches or more. Permeabilii_++~ <br />is moderate, and the available water capacity is high <br />Reaction is neutral above a depth of about 10 inches <br />and moderately alkaline below that depth. Runoff is <br />medium, and the hazard of erosion is moderate. This <br />unit is a Loamy Plains range site. Capability unit is <br />IIIe-2 Irrigated, IVe-3 Dryland <br />