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~~ <br />E X H I B I T "I" • <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />1. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />Page-3 <br />SOILS INFORMATION <br />i 1~.•' Cg - Cascajo Soils and Gravelly Land <br />j In general, these soils are gravelly, excessively premeable, and because <br />of steep slopes, surface runoff is rapid. In a typical profile the surface <br />layer, about six inches thick, is gravelly loam. In the upper part it is <br />light brownish gray and has a loose consistence when dry. The next layer, <br />about 15 inches thick, is very pale-brown cobbly, very gravelly loam. It <br />is rich in lime and has a thick lime coating on the bottom surface of <br />pebbles and cobbles. IInderlying the above horizon is stratified sand and <br />gravel. From about j6 to 45 inches is brownish-yellow silty clay that is <br />very strongly calcareous and contains many lime concretions. Tn places, <br />these soils are underlain by pale-yellow soft shale at varying depths. <br />• A complete and detailed description of these soils is found in the Soil <br />Survey of Otero County Colorado which is a part of this report. <br />2~.' HsB - Harvey Stoneham Loams <br />The Harvey soil in this soil complex has the profile similar to that <br />described as typical for the series. The Stoneham soil has the profile <br />described as typical for the stoneham series. Detailed descriptions of <br />these two soil series are found on page 12 in the Soil Survey of Otero <br />County Colorado which is a part of this report. <br />In general these soils consist of moderately deep to deep, well drained, <br />nearly level to gently sloping, medium textured soils of the uplands. <br />Permiability is medium to moderately slow, and water-]~olding capacity <br />is moderate to high. The intake rate is medium to moderately slow. <br />• o <br />