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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />SOIL DATA SHEET <br />Utaline Series <br />The Utaline series consists of deep, well-drained soils. These <br />soils formed in sediment that weathered from basalt on mesas <br />and high terraces. The slope is 3 to 25 percent, and the <br />elevation is 4,800 to 5,700 feet. The natural vegetation is <br />mainly saltbrush, rabbitbrush, gallenta, and Indian ricegrass. <br />In a representative profile the surface layer is pink stony <br />loam about 4 inches thick. The underlying layer is pink, pinkish- <br />white, and pinkish-gray very cobbly loam that extends to a depth <br />of 60 inches or more. <br />Utaline soils have moderate permeability and a low available <br />water capacity. They are moderately alkaline. Roots can penetrate <br />to a depth of more than 60 inches. <br />These soils are used for grazing, as wildlife habitat, and for <br />watershed. <br />UoD--Utaline stony loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes. <br />Shis soil is gently sloping to steep and is on mesas and high <br />terraces. It has the profile described as representative of <br />the series. <br />Runoff is moderate to rapid. The hazard of water erosion is <br />moderate or high. <br />This soil is used mainly for grazing and as wildlife habitat. <br />Capability unit VIIe-1, Stony Salt Desert range site. <br />Source: "Soil Survey of Mesa County Area, Colorado", Soil <br />Conservation Service, February 1978. <br />15 <br />