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<br /> <br />EX[-IIBIT "I" <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />Minnequa silty clay loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes (MnC) - <br /> <br />The profile of this soil differs from that described as typical for the series in having a <br />surface layer about 12 inches thick and in being finer textured. The surface layer has <br />been silted by irrigation. The soil occurs in irregularly shaped areas up to 40 acres in <br />size. <br />The principal inclusion is Penrose channery loam, 1 to 25 percent slopes, which is very <br />shallow to limestone. Inclusions account for less than 10 percent of each mapped area. <br />This soil is slightly saline, and the hazard of water erosion is moderate to severe. The <br />depth to limestone or marl ranges from about 20 to 36 inches. <br />• This soil is best suited to irrigated pasture or small grain. It is irrigation farmed, and <br />because of the restricted internal drainage, should not be overirrigated. <br />Kornam and Neesopah loamy, 3 to 5 percent slopes (KnC) - <br />This unit occurs mostly in the western irrigated part of the county. These soils have an <br />easily worked loamy surface layer about 10 inches thick. Below this to a depth of about <br />30 inches is pale-brown sandy loam or loamy sand. The underlying material is light <br />yellowish-brown loamy sand or light brownish-gray fine gravel. <br />The principal inclusion of Vona sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, which accounts for <br />about 20 percent of each mapped area. <br />This unit is droughty, very erodible, and low in fertility. It is best suited for alfalfa, <br />sorghum, or small grain. Short irrigation runs and small heads of water are needed to <br />reduce erosion. <br />Dwyer loamy sand, 1 to 9 percent slopes (Dw) - <br />This soil has the profile described as typical for the series. Most areas of it lie just east of <br />the Apishapa River in the west-central part of the county. Some areas are as much as <br />• 1,000 acres in size. <br />