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C.S. Department of rirulture Page - 3 <br />Soil Conservation Service 11/lA/9J <br />NONTECRNTCAL SOILS DESCRiPTL~S REPORT <br />FOR DESCRIPTZOti CATEGORY - SOI <br />Survev Area- LARINER 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 iliac bare <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, Rim, and <br />Larimer soils. The Stoneham series consists of deep, <br />cell drained soila that formed in mixed alluc-ial and <br />mind-deDOSited material. Typically-, the surface layer <br />is a loam abou*. 3 inches thick. The uDPer part of the <br />subsoil is a clay loam about 5 inches thick. The lovec <br />part is a loam about 4 inches thick. The susbtratum is <br />a loam extending to 60 inches~or more. Permeability <br />is moderate, and the available eater rapacity is high. <br />Reaction is neutral above a depth of about 10 inches <br />and moderately alkaline belo~~ that do_pth. Runoff is <br />medium, and the haaard of erosion is moderate. Tbis <br />unit is a Loamy Plains range sire. Capability unit is <br />IIIe-2 Irrigated, Ice-3 Drpland <br />R~isG~ V ~® <br />OCT 9 9 2004 <br />Division of Minerals and Geelopy <br />Page 12 <br />