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REGULAR (112) OPERATION CONVERSION APPLICATION <br />JESSE LEE PIT RECEIVED <br />CHAFFEE COUNTY, COLORADO <br />APPLICANT: PELINO, INc. nuG 2 9 7.006 <br />EXHIBIT I Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />The Soil Survey of Chaffee-Lake Area, Colorado prepared by the United States Department of <br />Agriculture Soil Conservation Service (October, 1975) designates the soil in this pit as Chaffee <br />Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes (ChB). The following is reprinted from the survey: <br />Chaffee Series <br />The Chaffee series consists of deep, poorly drained soils on stream bottoms. These soils formed <br />in moderately coazse textured alluvium. Slopes range from 1 to 3 percent. Elevation ranges from <br />7000 to 8500 feet. The plant cover is grasses, sedges and rushes. The average annual <br />precipitation is 11 to 15 inches. The average annual soil temperature is 46°F., and the average <br />soil temperature in summer is 64°. The frost free season is 75 to 110 days. <br />In a representative profile the surface layer is very dazk brown loam and very dazk grayish-brown <br />fine sandy loam, about 16 inches thick, that is mottled in the lower part. The subsoil is mottled, <br />very dazk gray fine sandy loam that is stratified with sandy loam and loamy sand and is about 24 <br />inches thick. The substratum is sand, gravel and cobbles. The soil is neutral in the surface layer <br />and mildly alkaline below that depth. <br />Permeability of these soils is moderate, and the available water capacity is moderate. Effective <br />rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Seasonal high water table rises to within a depth of 1 foot. <br />Most of the acreage of these soils is used for grass meadows. A few fields aze in alfalfa. <br />