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<br />- - This a complex of shal.los% tc r.,cdcracly dcc}~, c:et.l drair:<•d soils
<br />.. -an zccteratnl7 c,tcen to stre,r ric!;;•; are} }_a,,,_lilce :~rca:: in the f::othill
<br />' --~~'~-ea..._-.That' arc forisin~ in cobbly end ~s•a:'clly calcarc:~ur cln;~ey allu•:iai
<br />- rnt_rials o•rerlyir.; shale.. The ne^ra;;c annual prccipit~~.t.tnn i:; about
<br />:l~~to'1y irc!les, ;rust free season is l~`i to 11~O.days an9 neon nn•.ma1
<br />- -' -t.C^OerattL^C 1S abn'lt l;On F. ae~;~tia.^. ra^~;es ` `^ ''"
<br />_ from, ~O:,v to u~~~; ..."cot.
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<br />..._ .The maderatel;: cicep cobbt.:Y and rra~•c}ly clay -loam soils [sa::c un. -
<br />a~oat 40 ocrc_~nt o: the unit ocr.u}ryin the mid slope posiCicn :ith ~~
<br />- .'slopes of 15 to j0 percent.=~ These soils arc urdcrla:n by male at _ ,
<br />depths of ~0 to 4^ inches. The s~allc:r cobbly- claf loc- soils ~:ave un_
<br />- .. aoout 2C percen+. and ere on crest sloe=_ a*d knob-1x}:~ a.cas :;here t:-~e
<br />citale for..^..ati on is less than ;'r? inches beneath the surface.
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<br />".Inc'_ucied in this unit are amall areas of Denver ~{t~'tsclly clay loa-
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<br />_ on sloncs o^ y to 15 percent in the scope: position:. P,lso, inclusior:,'
<br />! ;: of ^arroa rid_re too areas of cobbly t}cderlard soils on slopes of 1 to '
<br />_ 5 percent; ,
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<br />`~:':•~.;,; P^_Tme3hlllt~l5 slo:;, a•railable water ca_~acity ran~,es fror low an
<br />.--~:::~;: t:'°:snallow soils .on ridge crests to high on the m:~deretcly dec!•~ cl.aye;,~
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<br />' ~`%v ~i` s~ils.t'~'-i'si`fe ctive:. raotin~ depth •rarics SrC,:~~1~,1GCI:9 •:"t 0.~!l'? 1nC!I~_.^.. _
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<br />~' _- Surface runoff is hz~h, crater croc_on hnr.ard:is hich. These ..:i.ls are.'.
<br />..;m_erate alkalina and dii'ficult to till 'oecause of the cLayfsur.ace .
<br />":"~~=-arsi,subsoil layers. Shriek-swell potential is.hi.;h.
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<br />s %~~?;:_i ~ This complex is u-ed mairi?f for livestock grazing, sildlife Ord `~
<br />- - .:'ecreatian. Some. areas are used fcr building. s~tE°.devei:pr,:ent. r '
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<br />_'~,;x= =`'Corunw;ity Dcvelonment - Th1s cb-}rle:c has sednre timitntior_; I'or -~ ~ _
<br />'=~"'= ~"'~'ii~ld't^~ site a:~d~rer_re_ational dei'clo~rent:; - a].ope, shrinl_ssrell s~i~l.,
<br />" :::,end death '.a shale,. Soil aroA.^, Ilced for ;,hose i,urpore require special
<br />~''`~~-;v'eSioR:;"POat1h~S should be desiCred to: prevent, structural dan:a[;e caused
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<br />"`:-.bj s*irinkina and: swelling of they sail and bedrock. ~';
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<br />``" Flant.lldantation - Pants 4r.d Iaorn., are difficul. __ ,
<br />~~ £ivsersoila, Srecial care ancLmcasures arr r~qu:re•1 to cr_per...ctc
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<br />.-„no. _ ia„a't,= rate, coob7.v ur_'acc lagers or, i;cos ar.:) c _•~=_ i` ti_i, ;;;;::. _
<br />_-':,;i=and slc~e. Eackfilliog :rit.h sandy and :carry topscil, incc-•r~ratin .'.
<br />:y.-`.plant residue^ into surface layer and grading slo;_s are ef~ecti~e •
<br />```reesu~es aid'n~ establis!~~eat of plant and grass CoVCr.
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