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~Fc <br />°~r Fs~¢ <br />raj 9~ <br />t'.F •epartment of ..yricul tine Page - 2 ~'~ <br />'o nservation Service 11/1}/9? ,Pad <br />sa <br />~a~ <br />NONTECHN tr.AL SOILS ^ESCRIPT L~Y~ REPOnT a%B <br />FOR D'cSCRIPTIO~ OaT E~.,~n}' - .SOI ~ <br />arvey Area- LARiMER COUSTC AREA. COLORADO <br />Descr.i Prinn <br />Oryland <br />61 LARIHER FINE SANDC LOAM, 1 Tn 3 PERr,EST SLOPES This <br />nearly level soil is on rerrar:es, fans, and benches. <br />Included with t.h is soil in manning are small areas of <br />d2 [can, Fort Collins, and Sr nnei]cu soils- AJ so <br />included are small areas .~ ,. ~~+. 1= that are more or less <br />sloping, and small. areas of soils that have a surface <br />layer of loam or sandy clay loam. The Larimer series <br />consists of deep, .yell -drained soils that formed in <br />material weathered from allu~: ium. Tlv ically, the <br />surface layer is a fine sandy loam about ~ inches <br />thick. The subsoil is a loam ahart 1R inches thick. <br />The substratum is about a inr hes of gravelly sandy loam <br />chat is underlain by sand anr3 yra~el r.hat extends to 60 <br />inches. Permeability is mncte rare above a-depth of <br />about 22 inches and rapid b+lnu rha r, depth.. The. <br />available eater capacity is medium. Reaction is <br />neutral above a dep rh of abnur ? inches and mildly or <br />moderately alkaline below that. rtapih. Runo tf is sloe. <br />The hazard of eater erasion is .light and the hazard of <br />vi nd erosion is moderate. This unit. is a Loamy Plains <br />range site. Capability ur.ir is Zlie-5 Irrigated, Zye-5 <br />Dryland <br />95 SATANTA LOA,y, 1 Tn 3 PERr,EST Si nPES This level soil is <br />on terraces and uplands. Tire Sa tanta series consists <br />of deep, yell drained soils Char formed in mixed <br />alluvial and wind-deposited mar.a vial. Included with <br />this soil in maDPing are a few small areas of soils <br />that are more sloping or less slnnirig. Also included <br />are a fey sma21 areas of~Forr rnl!ins, gum, and Altvan <br />soils. Typically, the surface layer i.s loam about 7 <br />inches thick. The uPPar part of th? subsoil is a clay <br />loam and lover part is a loam atwt.t 16 inches thick. <br />The substratum is a loamabou' 21 inches thick ever a <br />fine sandy loam extending to 60 inches or mare. <br />Permeability is moderate, and the available eater <br />capacity is high. Reaction is mildly alkaline above a <br />depth of 18 inches and moderately alkaline below that <br />depth. Runoff is slight, .and the hazard of erosion i.s <br />slight to moderate. This unit is a Loamy Foorhill range <br />site. Capability unit is IIe-1 Irrigated, IIIe-6 <br />Dry land <br />102 STONFJiAH LOAM, 3 TO 5 PERCEA'T SLOPES This gently <br />Page 11 <br />