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<br />Illuvium. to pasture :old unlivc grasses. Capability unit IVw-I,
<br />~rain:rge- ir•rrgated; Wet 1lcadoa' r:ulge site; rindbreak Suit-
<br />t. Slopes :Ilrility (Croup Ci.
<br />sedges,
<br />grasses
<br />Crom 13 rO1•ncr Srricn
<br />es from The Purner series consists of shallow, well drained
<br />es from soils that formed in material weathered from reddish
<br />brown sandstone. 'these soils arc on upl:ulds and :u•c
<br />' is gray underlain liv sandstone at a depth of lU lu •SII inches.
<br />II inrhos lilev:dion r:urgcs from 5,}{1111 to li,• 1111 feel. Slopes are
<br />le sandy 1 to 3(1 percent. The native veget:Illiofl is mainly blue
<br />available grama, wheatgrasses. mountainntahogany, and• some
<br />alkaline. other fortis and shrubs. 3fean annual precipitation
<br />pzing. A tore e~ ant(,es f ant I471~ choes~9 e.F anr'~ tithe 1 frost free
<br />ore. season ranges from 115 to 130 days
<br />loam, 0 In •t representative y
<br />feet east pl•ofile the surface la el• is
<br />:. 69 14r.: reddish brown fine sandy loam •rbout 7 inches t)Iick.
<br />to sandy The underlying material is light reddish brown fine
<br />moist; sandy loam about 7 inches thick. Belmv this is hard
<br />restore; reddish brown sandstone.
<br />icky and Pet•meability is moderate, and the available water
<br />ce feels capacity is Imc. Reaction is mildly alkaline above a
<br />ium and depth of about 7 inches and moderately alkaline below
<br />derately ttt`+t depth.
<br />These soils are used mainly fore native grasses.
<br />(lOYR Represent:lticc prolile of •Purner fine sandy loam, 1
<br />grayish to 9 Percent slopes, in native grass, about 1,000 feet
<br />non me- north and 65(1 feet yt•est of the south\est corner of sec.
<br />broym Z=• T. 10 N., R. 70 \L'.:
<br />•s; weak AI-0 to 7 inches; reddish brown (5YR ~1/3)
<br />tructm•e tale sand}' loam, d;u•k reddish brown
<br />bed soil (fiYR 3;':3) moist; u•cuk medium sub-
<br />e;many :mgut:u' and weak to moderate medium
<br />~areous; granular structw'e; slightly hard. ecru
<br />smootL friable: calcareous; mildly alkaline; clew'
<br />smooth boundary.
<br />(101'R Cca-7 to 13 inches; light reddish brown (5YR
<br />brown f>/3) line sandy loam, reddish brown
<br />prom{- (5\•R 5;'3) moist; weak medium sub-
<br />R 6/9) angular blocky structure; slightly hard,
<br />y h;u'd, very friable; calcareous; visible second-
<br />:plastic; ;Ir)' calcium carbonate as seams and
<br />•rv and streaks and finely divided tof•nls; moiler-
<br />. Hakes; R-la to f0 inehes311me~d rectdishtbroltvn~s Indstone.
<br />o sandy The A horizon is sturdy foam ur fine sand}• loam 6 to
<br />mollic 12 inches thick. Content of rock fragments, mainly
<br />-gments Q171`•el-size sandsWne, r:ulges from 0 fu ]i, percent.
<br />s from The A horizon is leached of lime for x few inches in
<br />is at a Places The zone of lime accumulation is inunediately
<br />above ur' in the upper part of the bedrock in places.
<br />xloprx. R.i-Purner liar r:uulr tenor. 1 In 9 prrrrnl t,luprM.
<br />This ne:u'Iy Icyel to strongly slupiug .oil is uu upl;uuis
<br />r small trod ridges. 'I'bis soil has the profile described as
<br />+d area 1'ePr'esenL•Itive of the series.
<br />of less 1nc•luded with this snit in mapping are some small
<br />small :u•eas of soils that have :1 surface layer of loam. Also
<br />included are small :u'cts u( soils that have more stones
<br />r;ht. in the surface layer, small areas of Rock outcrop, and a
<br />id hay. fe\y small :u'eas of liirtle\' soils.
<br />'own if P.unofF ix r:gfid.:urd the hazard of erosion is severe.
<br />suited This soil is suited to pasture and n:Itive grasses.
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<br />Capability unit \'Ic-:i, ,h}•
<br />site; not assigned to a wi
<br />t3G-Purner-liork oulrr
<br />rant nloprw. 'I•his complex
<br />or sleep soils un uplands
<br />percent Purner fine s:mdy
<br />I{ock outcrop. Purner fiuc
<br />less sloping, mul Rock mlt
<br />the western sidr of ridges.
<br />Included trilh Ibis soil
<br />cent;eras ul I:irllcy suil<.
<br />Runoll' is rapid, :rud the
<br />This soil is suited to u;r
<br />\'lIe-1, dl;rland; Purner s
<br />site and Roc(: outcrop not
<br />assigned to a windbreak st
<br />LAHIMM:It CUUNTI
<br />ual; tihallulr I••nothill r:nlgc
<br />dbrcak suitability group.
<br />~p rnngdrx, 10 to SO prr-
<br />unsists of moderately steep
<br />:uul ridge.. It is :Ibnut fi5
<br />lo:uu :Ind about 30 percent
<br />;:mdy loam is smoother and
<br />cup is steeper commonly on
<br />mapping is about IS prr.
<br />Iulz:u•d of errosinn is scvcrr.
<br />live grasses. C;Ipabilily uni
<br />ail in Shallow Foothill r;tng~
<br />usi}rned to a range site; no
<br />itubilin• group.
<br />{{alal:c Scrips
<br />The Retake set•ies col
<br />ur some\ehat excessively
<br />material weathered frm
<br />'these soils •tl•e nn upla
<br />and at•e mtderlain br '
<br />weathered granite at a d
<br />firm ranges from (i,ROp
<br />fiU percent. The native ec
<br />side-oats gr:uua, slender
<br />grass, mouul:,inmahuga
<br />precipitation ranges frm
<br />•tir tempel:I[ulr ranges
<br />frost-free season r:urges
<br />In a reprrsentalivc
<br />reddish gray rh:uurcry
<br />The subsoil is reddish br
<br />+~ inches thick. The mul
<br />phyllite ur phyllite schi~
<br />Permeability is mode
<br />rlpacity is luny. Reactim
<br />These soil: ,n'e mainly'
<br />Representntice prufilE
<br />:w area of Ratake-Rock
<br />cent slopes, in native g
<br />the southwest corner of
<br />Al-Il to I(t inchr
<br />ch:umcry
<br />3/°) mui~
<br />crumb str
<br />percent so
<br />RtICa COfI
<br />ist.: of shallow, well draine
<br />drained soils that formed i
<br />granite, schist, or phyllite
<br />d ridges and mountainsidr
<br />eathered phyllite, schist, r
<br />pth of 10 to °0 inches. Eley:
<br />1 ;i,50u fcet. Slopes are 1 '
<br />eLdiun is mainly blue gram
<br />nc~atgrass, bluebuuc•h \chca
<br />y. :old sage. Mean :mnu
<br />14 to 1R inches, mean aanu
<br />Yom ~11" to 4G° F. and tl
<br />rum 7:, to 1110 clays.
<br />n'olile the surface layer
<br />u:mt about. 111 inches this
<br />,cn very' eh:nmeec lu:un :dw
<br />dying material is weather
<br />ate, and the available ~+':d
<br />is neutral.
<br />rsed for native grasses.
<br />of Rat:Ike chmmef7• loam
<br />mtcrup complex, ?fi to 5v p
<br />ass, about ''.350 feet east
<br />,: reddish gray (fil'R ;ii
<br />crm, d:u'k reddish brown
<br />sU•ong line gr:uudar
<br />.store; soft, verc fri;lble;
<br />t phyllite charmers; verc h
<br />;vlt: neutral; clear smo
<br />A°-I(1 Gr Iii inr'h
<br />vel.y char
<br />(~~ \ R t ',
<br />angular
<br />sU'ung tin
<br />Gu perccn
<br />mica coot
<br />phyllitic
<br />o'cathercr
<br />hand wit
<br />signilicnu
<br />u( the sui
<br />reddish hroe•n (~iYR ~i
<br />ncry loam, reddish brc
<br />1 moist; nluda;Ite line
<br />inrky structure parting
<br />granular; soft, eery frig
<br />phyllite ch;utners; eery I'
<br />ut; ncub;rl; diffuse bound
<br />hrs; o'cathered phyllite
<br />chist; coarse fragments
<br />and can be crushed iu
<br />snnx dilliculh' but ~yitl
<br />c•onh'ibutiuns to the line p
<br />,~n I'nst and secmld breaka
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