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LARIMER COUNTY AREA, COLORADO 45
<br />ine sandy loam, dark reddish brown
<br />i2.5YR 3/4) moist; weak fine granular These soils are used for recreation, building sites,
<br />quarry sites, and limited grazing.
<br />aructure; soft, very friable; 10 percent
<br />;andstone fragments; calcareous
<br />neu Representative profile of Pinata stony sandy loam
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<br />:ral; clear smooth boundary, n an area o
<br />inata-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45
<br />percent slopes, in forest
<br />about 1
<br />500 feet west of the
<br />9 inches; reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4)
<br />channery fine sandy foam
<br />reddish ,
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<br />center of sec. 34, T. 5 N., R. 70 W.:
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<br />brown (2.5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine -
<br />nch to 0; partly decayed pine needles and
<br />leaves
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<br />granular and weak medium subangufar
<br />blocky structure; slightly hard
<br />very fri- .
<br />Al-0 to 'L inches; dark brown (7.5YR 4/2)
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<br />able; 30 percent sandstone fragments; s
<br />ony sandy loam, very dark brown
<br />(7.5YR 2/2) moist; weak medium sub-
<br />°alcareous; neutral; gradual smooth
<br />boundary angular blocky and weak fine granular
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<br />15 inches; reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) structure; soft, very friable; about 35
<br />percent stones and gravel; neutral; clear
<br />channery fine sandy loam, reddish brown smooth bomrdary.
<br />(2.5YR 4/4) moist; massive; slightly
<br />hard, very friable; GO percent sandstone A2-2 to 10 inches; pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2)
<br />stony light sandy loam
<br />dark brown
<br />frag'nrents and flagstones; calcareous;
<br />neutral; clear smooth boundary ,
<br />(7.5YR 4/2) moist; weak medium sub-
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<br />y blocky structure; soft, very fri-
<br />ahle; about 35 percent stones; uaitral;
<br />ron is fine sandy loam or light loam 3 to clear smooth boundary,
<br />The C horizon zs Tine sandy loam, sandy
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<br />t B2t-10 to 22 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4)
<br />oam.
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<br />ent of rock fragments, mostly
<br />' stony clay, reddish brown (5YR 4/4)
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<br />ger, averages 35 to 70 percent. Reaction
<br />icutrnl to moderately alkaline moist; moderate medium and coat•se sub-
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<br />r~rase-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 angular blocky structm-e; very hard,
<br />very firm; thin nearly continuous clay
<br />s. Tlzis complex consists of moderately
<br />uplands. It is about 50 percent Pender- films on peds; about 40 percent stones;
<br />neutral; clear wavy boundary.
<br />tdy loam and about 35 percent Rock out- B3-22 to 42 inches; yellowish red (5YR G/G)
<br />;rass fine sandy loam is near the top of stony clay loam, yellowish red (5YR
<br />id Lhc Icss slupin;; :u'cas ucar thu base of
<br />td Rock outcrop is stee
<br />er 4/6) moist; weal: medinm subaugul:u•
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<br />ith this complex in mapping are about 15
<br />• locky structure; very hard, firm; thin
<br />patchy clay films nn peds; about 45 per-
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<br />Miracle and Clerg~ern soils. Also in- cm,t stuucs; ucutrul; gt;ulual sutuuLh
<br />me small areas of soils that are similar to boundary.
<br />r,ss soil but in which bedrock is somewhat R-42 to 60 inches; bard sandstone
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<br />getation is mired conifers.
<br />grid, and the hazard of erosion is severe. .
<br />The Al horizon is sandy loam m• heavy loamy sand
<br />1 to 4 inches thick. The A2 horizon is light sandy loam
<br />es is suited to native grasses. Capability
<br />dryland; Pendergrass soil in Rocky Loam
<br />, m• lo:uny sand f to 12 inches thick. The R2t horizon is
<br />heavy clay loam or clay. Depth to bedroc: ranges 11•mn
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<br />Rock outcrop not otasi~*ned to a z;ange 40 to fi0 inches nt• mm•c. Content of rock fragments
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<br />f;uod Lu a windbreak suitability group. ,
<br />n y llagstmte, ruug~es ft•om 35 to 80 percent.
<br /> H Pinata-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 per-
<br />s c slopes. This complex consists of moderately steep
<br /> to steep soils on mountainsides and ridges. It is about
<br />a series consists of deep, well drained 50 percent Pinata stony sandy loam and about 35
<br />ned in material weathered from sandstone pe1•cent Rock outcrop. Pinata stony sandy loam is
<br />;ere soils are on mountainsides and ridges. smoother and less sloping, and Rock outcrop is com-
<br />nges from 5,800 to f>,500 feet. Slopes are
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<br />ti monly steeper and on wesbfacing slopes but occurs
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<br />ve vegetation is mainly throughout.
<br />ne and some juniper and oak brush. Mean Included with this complex in mapping are about 15
<br />,pitation ranges from 15 to 18 inches,
<br />air temperature ranges from 40° to 48° percent areas of Purner soils and soils that are similar
<br />to the Pinata soil but in which bedrock is at a depth
<br />rost-free season x•anges from 120 to 135 of Less than 40 inches,
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<br />sentative profile a 1-inch-thick layer of Runoff is rapid, and the hazard of erosion is severe.
<br />This complex is used for forest and for limited graz-
<br />u•ial is on the surface. The surface layer ing for cattle. Many areas are used as building sites
<br />n stony sandy loam about `L inches thick.
<br />ice layer is pinkish gray stony light sandy and as sites for quarrying building stone. Capability
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<br />inches thick. The subsoil is reddish brown ,
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<br />ability group 6x1 ;not assigned to a range site or wind-
<br />.bout 12 inches thick and yellowish red break suitability group.
<br />,am about 20 inches thick. Below this is
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<br />ity is slow, and the available water ca- Poudre Scrics
<br />iium. Reaction is neutral. The Poudre series consists of deep, somewhat poorly
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