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L • Loamy Alluvia] Land Loamy alhtvial land is mapprd in three units iu ldams Cmmty-Loamy alluvial land: Loamy allm-ial land. 7ctvelly sttbstrnam: and Loam}- alluvial land. tnodr.ratcly nrt. Loamy alluvial land, modetatelp net ILwI is in mane drainagena~s throu,hout the carroty. It is predominantly in the broader dramagenays that have a Kish Hater table and that formerly had poor drsina_.e. The areas ate broad in the larger and more gently slopin__ drain- a,~enays, especia:Ip in the South Platte River bottom. ?ill are subject to damage. in varyutg degrees, by flood- in: from adjacent slopes and main stream channels. Included in mappin_ are small areas of `iunn loam. Satanta loam. ~'et alluvial land. and Loam_e alluvial land. gravelly substratum. Tho sails a[r mndcr-[rcly deep. nn_titg from 3'J to 36 inches in depth, over unconsolidated sand and ¢rarel. They are dart;-colored loam to clay loam in testttre and~;rnnenlly are stratified. Tltey are normally noncal- careous, but they are moderately influenced be soluble salts in places. Tltin lenses of sand. silt. or hue gravel may be to any of the laye[s. The soils of this land type absorb Hater at a malcrate to slow rare. and the available Hater capacicc is hi_h. _\rtificial drainage is _encally ncectcd ro ~srn++- rrnps. tiatural fertili[v is Iti¢h. but under the intensive man- a,•*TMment [tsed on these soils. artificial supplements arc needed. y[ose of this land tvpr is irri_nted. In these arr:[s. crops such as su_a[• bats. rnrn. small drains. and r~°_c- tables ran he :roa•n..\Ifal fa and irriuatr~l pasnu•c :u•r n•ell adapted. ZTicstcrn ~chcat~rass. salPSrass. blue ••±ntma. :uul s`eitch_nss arc _m~cn in some ;treas. C•epabilitc nnir. TIIn-l. irricaG•d: not plarrd itt ;t [-uv_• sire: hre plant- in_ sni[abiliro group 5.