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Map Unit Description <br />San Miguel Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores, Montrose, and San Miguel Counties <br />86 Redlands sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes <br />Setting <br />Elevation: 5580 to 5600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 8 to 10 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 49 to 51 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 130 to 150 days <br />Redlands and similar soils: 65 percent <br />Description of Redlands <br />Setting <br />Landform: Alluvial fans, terraces <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Alluvium dedved from sandstone <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 6 percent <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 15 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Sodium adsorption ratio maximum: 10.0 <br />Available water capacity: High (about 9.5 inches) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability (non irrigated): fie <br />Ecological site: Loamy Saltdesen (R035XY401C0) <br />Composition <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 5 inches: sandy loam <br />5l0 24 inches: clay loam <br />24 to 60 inches: sandy loam <br />~f S~/~ Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service Tabular Data Version: 4 <br />Tabular Data Version Date: 01/10!2007 <br />Page I-8 <br />