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<br />MAPPING UNIT DESCRIPTION <br />Delta-Montrose Survey Area <br />Mapping Unit: Mesa Clay Loam <br />Position: On top of high mesas <br />Drainage: Well drained, unless influenced by foreign water sources. <br />Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br />Soil Profile: Texture Thickness <br />' Clay Loam 0-i6" <br />Gravelly Clay Loam 16-32" <br />Very Gravelly Clay Loam 32-60" <br />Underlying material is very Gravelly Clay Loam to 60" or more. <br />4vailable water capacity for the 60" rooting depth is 6.92". <br />erosion Hazard: foderate from wind and water. <br />capability Unit: VIe-i Non-irrigated, IITe-1 Irrigated. <br />2ange Site: Clayey salt desert <br />)ther Features: <br />Soil reaction 7.9-8.4 pH moderately alkaline <br />Low salinity 2.0-4.0 Mmhos/an <br />Low dispersion <br />Low shrink-swell potential <br />suitability for: <br />Topsoil <br />Sand <br />Gravel <br />Roadfill <br />Dikes, diversions <br />Embankment <br />Reservoir Area <br />Irrigation <br />egree of limitation for: <br />Filter fields <br />Homesites <br />Fair to good. <br />Fair if washed and screened. <br />Good if washed and screened. <br />Good if washed and screened. <br />Good stability, slow permeability if compacted. <br />Good stability, slow permeability if compacted. <br />Poor, subject to moderate or high seepage. <br />Well suited. <br />Slight, normally well drained. <br />Slight <br />M1A <br />OcA <br />Permeability' <br />0.5-1.5"/hr. moderate <br />2.0-4.0"/hr'. moderately rapid <br />Not estimated <br />mac:=-~~~ t ~'~'f="°7 <br />i~~ <br /> <br />