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Exhibit I - Soils Information <br />The affected area lies within Waldo Canyon, a topographically steep <br />tributary drainage in the Ute Pass area. The soils are developed in <br />weathered Pikes Peak granite, are generally thin and very coarse textured. <br />Rock outcrops along much of the steeper side slopes and where erosion has <br />removed the overlying debris. Topsoil development is therefore <br />discontinuous. The area has been mapped by the USDA Soil Conservation <br />Service (SCS). Descriptions of soil units given below are based on an <br />adaptation of the available SCS data. Figure I-1 is a soils map showing <br />the general delineation of the soils present in the subject area. The map <br />is based in part on the available SCS data and additional field <br />observations. The soils present are representative of the Kutler very <br />gravelly sandy loam and the Broadmoor very gravelly sandy loam. Rock <br />outcroppings are also present. <br />Kutler Series <br />(Ku) The Kutler series are loamy-skeletal, mixed, Entic Haploborolls <br />and consist of moderately deep, somewhat excessively drained soils, that <br />formed in material weathered from granite. These soils occur on moderately <br />steep and extremely steep mountain slopes in the Ute Pass area at <br />elevations of about 7,000 to 9,000 feet. The soils are on slopes of about <br />15 to 65 percent. Also included with the map unit are geographically <br />associated soils and soils of similar competing series. However, these <br />other soil types have not been differentiated at the map scale used. <br />Typically the surface layer is a dark brown very gravelly sandy loam <br />about 8 inches thick. The underlying material is an extremely gravelly <br />sandy loam approximately 23 inches thick overlying weathered bedrock. <br />