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EXHIBIT I <br /> SOILS IN�ORMTION <br /> U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHEET NO.25 <br /> SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE LARIMER COUNTY AREA,COLORADO <br /> IFORT COLLINS QUADRANCLEI <br /> fAWti <br /> A. <br /> 1 r"� <br /> p s <br /> 4.,. . 53 .t• <br /> • 1 94 54 ..� y '2 <br /> • 7 <br /> 22 S. <br /> _ <br /> 7! <br /> ' 101 <br /> ' Loveland Serim <br /> The Loveland series consists of deep, somewhat CIS-15 to 32 inches;grayish brown (10YR 5/2) <br /> poorly drained soils that formed in material weathered clay loam, dark grayish brown (10YR <br /> from alluvium. These soils are on terraces and flood 4/2) moist; massive; hard, firm; com- <br /> plains and are underlain by sand and gravel at a depth man medium distinct light reddish <br /> of 20 to 40 inches. Elevation ranges from 4,800 to brown MR 6/4) mottles; strongly ef- <br /> 5.500 feet.Slopes are 0 to 1 percent.The native vegeta- fervescent; moderately alkaline; grad- <br /> tion is mainly blue grams.d egrase,and sedges.Mean ual smooth boundary. <br /> annual precipitation ranges from 13 to 15 inches,mean I1C2g-32 to 60 inches; mixed sand, gravel, and <br /> annual air temperature ranges from 480 to 500 F,and cobbles; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) <br /> the frost-free season ranges from 135 to 150 days. mottles. <br /> In a representative profile the surface layer is mot- The A horizon is loam or clay loam 12 to 20 inches <br /> tled dark grayish brown or grayish brown clay loam thick. It is mottled in the lower part. The Cl horizon <br /> about 15 inches thick. The underlying material is 17 is loam or light clay loam.The A and C horizons range <br /> inches of grayish brown clay loam over sand, gravel, from neutral to moderately alkaline. Content of rock <br /> and cobbles. fragments is 0 to 15 percent in the upper part of the <br /> Permeability is moderately slow above a depth of profile and 35 to 60 percent in the lower part. <br /> about 32 inches and very rapid below that depth. The 64—Loveland clay loam,0 to i percent slopes. This <br /> ' available water capacity is medium to high. Reaction level soil is on low terraces and flood plains. <br /> is mildly alkaline above a depth of about 8 inches and Included with this soil in mapping are a few small <br /> moderately alkaline below that depth. areas of soils that are more sloping, small areas of <br /> These soils are used mainly for irrigated and dry- soils in which gravel is at a depth of 40 to 60 inches, <br /> farmed crops and for pasture and a few small areas of soils that have a surface <br /> Representative profile of Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 layer of loam. Also included are small areas of Poudre <br /> percent slopes, in grass, 2,250 feet north and 600 feet soils. <br /> west of the southeast corner of sec. 10, T. 6 N., R. 68 Runoff is slow, and the hazard of water erosion is <br /> W.: slight. <br /> All-0 to 8 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR If irrigated,this soil is suited to barley and pasture. <br /> 4/2) clay loam. very dark brown (10YR If drained, it is suited to corn and, to a lesser extent, <br /> 2/2) moist; weak to moderate fine gran- sugar beets. Under dryland management it is well <br /> ular structure; hard, friable; common suited to pasture and native grasses. Capability units <br /> faint mottles; slightly effervescent; IIIw-1, irrigated, and Vw-1, dryland; Wet Meadow <br /> mildly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. range site; windbreak suitability group 5. <br /> Al2g-8 to 15 inches;grayish brown (10YR 5/2) <br /> ' clay loam, very dark grayish brown <br /> (10YR 3/2) moist; weak fine subangu- <br /> lar blocky structure: hard, firth; com- <br /> mon medium distinct light reddish <br /> brown (5YR 6/4) mottles; strongly ef- <br /> fervescent; moderately alkaline; grad- <br /> ual smooth boundary. <br /> -10- <br />