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• EXI-I1BIT ~ Nyle McVey Pit #16 • <br />Soils Information <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />The major soils of this area are: Otero sandy loam: 3 to 9 percent slopes. Otero sandy loam <br />soil is deep and somewhat excessively drained. It formed in eolian sands on the plains. Typically <br />the soil is sandy loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. Permeability is moderately rapid. <br />Available water capacity is moderate. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Runoff is <br />slow and the hazard of wind erosion is high. <br />Wages loam: The Wages soil is deep and well drained. [t formed in alluvium on terraces. T}Pically the surface <br />is loam 4 inches thick. The subsoil is clay loam 8 inches thick. The underlying material is clay loam to a depth of <br />60 inches or more. Pernteabiliq- is moderate. Available water capacity is high. Effective rooting depth is to <br />inches or more. Runoff is slow to mediwn. The hazard of wind erosion is moderate to high. Slopes range from 0 <br />to 3 percent. This soil is subject to rare Flooding. <br />Wiley loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes: The Wiley soil is deep and well drained. It formed a loess on the plains. <br />Typically the surface is loam 5 inches thick. The subsoil is silk' clay loam ]0 inches thick. The underlying <br />material is silt loam to a depth of 60 inches or more. Permeability is moderate. Available water capacity is high.. <br />Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Runoff is slow to medium. The hazard of wind erosion is high. The <br />hazard of water erosion is moderate on slopes exceeding 3 percent. <br />14 <br />