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<br />Station. Other weather stations in the area were the Paonia 3SE and Paonia ISW stations. The <br />Paonia 3SE and Paonia ISW stations recorded data for the periods 1905 to 1957, and 1957 to <br />1993, respectively. <br />The average minimum temperature in the area is about 45 degrees (Fahrenheit), with the lowest <br />temperature of -28 degrees recorded in Paonia during 1913. The average high temperature in the <br />azea is about 52 degrees (Fahrenheit), with the highest recorded temperature in Paonia of 100 <br />degrees during 1927 and 1934. <br />Soils Information - <br />Detailed information regarding the soils within the permit azea is located in Section 2.04.9 of the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. The following summary is derived from Section <br />2.04.9 of the referenced permit document. <br />The main areas that are disturbed by operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine exhibit the following <br />soils: the Absarokee (Beenon-Absarokee Association), the Persayo, and the Torriorthents. The <br />Absazokee soil at the site exhibits a silty loam and silty clay loam texture. The soil exhibits an 'A' <br />horizon depth of about 1.5 to 2.5 inches, with a combined 'N and 'B' horizon depth of about 22 to <br />38 inches. The soil is typically underlain by sandstone. <br />The Persayo soil is a silty clay loam. The Persayo soils located at the Bowie No. 2 site exhibit an <br />'A' horizon of about 1.5 inches deep, with a combined 'A' and 'B' horizon depth of about ] 8 to 20 <br />inches. The soil is typically underlain by the Mancos Shale. <br />The Torrior[hents soil tends to be associated with rock outcrop areas, and the observed texture is <br />silty loam. The site soils exhibit 'A' horizon depths of about 1.5 inches. The typical combined 'A' <br />and 'B' horizon depths range from about 6 to 7 inches. <br />The operations approved in Permit Revision No. 3 disturbed an additional 11.0 acres, one area <br />located south of Old Highway 133 and the other area locatedjust east of the present mine <br />entrance. Both areas appear to be previously disturbed. The soils present in these disturbed areas <br />are similar to the "Meadow" soil found in other areas of the mine site, as depicted on Map No. 4, <br />"Soils". <br />The soil that was disturbed in the construction of the Freeman Gulch vent shaft, through <br />Technical Revision No. 12, is classified as a Fughes Loam. <br />Vegetation Information - <br />Detailed vegetation information for the Bowie No. 2 permit area is presented in Section 2.04.10 <br />of the permit application document The following summary is derived from the information <br />presented in Section 2.04.10 of the permit document. <br />13 <br />