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EAST OF ACADEMY BOULEVARD <br />• <br />GENERAL SOIL TYPE: <br />------- ---- ----- <br />All of the soil on this site is classified by the 5.C.5. as the <br />Blakeland loamy sand, 1 to 9 percent slopes. this soil is often the one <br />that covers deep sand deposits throughout the area of northwestern E1 <br />Paso County. The sand deposit under these soils is up to 150 feet deep, <br />but in some places it can be intermixed with clay seams and fine gravel. <br />The on-site examination confirmed that the soil is of that type, <br />but there is same variation in areas where the topography changes from <br />the usual situation of relatively level land to shallow drainages where <br />water is somewhat more available after rainstorms. Also, much of the <br />area was apparently "farmed" at one tine and was also planted with <br />• pasture grasses. As a result, the soil on sane parts of this site are <br />somewhat better, in some respects, than the usual situation with the <br />Blakeland loamy sand. In areas where no farming apparently occurred the <br />soil is the sore usual type, being rather poor but still better than <br />what occurs underneath it. <br />Exhibit J, Vegetation Information, will give additional information <br />on these relationships and its relationship to the history of the site. <br />The remainder o4 this exhibit will primarily address the soil structure <br />and characteristics. <br />TYPICAL SDIL DESCRIPTION: <br />------- ---- ------------ <br />Typically the Blakeland loamy sand has about 11 inches of a dark, <br />grayish brown surface layer overlying about 2 to 2.5 feet of a brown <br />• loamy sand which rests an top of the sand substrate that extends to many <br />feet. Related soils include various soils from the Bresser, the <br />F'AGE 2 OF 9 - EXHIBIT I <br />