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70.-':r:,ypoint rrnvc77y candy 7o~,m, 1 to 3 pctcrnt _]o~cc <br />Thin is a deep, xell drained toll on broad alluvial fans and terraces at <br />elevations of x,600 to x,800 feet. It formed Sn alluvial sediments de- <br />rived principally from basalt. The average annual precipitation is about ~ <br /> <br />inc},cs, average annual air temperature Ss about 41°F„ and frost-free season <br />is about 95 days. <br />Inclu•lc•d in this unit are small areas of Derrick very cobbly sandy loam, <br />Dunul gravelly sandy loar, and Platoro loam, all having slopes of 1 to <br />3 percent. There is an area o£ Graypoint soil along I.aJara Creek southxest <br />of Capulin, that contains large boulde s on the surface, xhich maY,es St very <br />[~/0.te I~ ~?) <br />dl£ficult to use farming equipment. This area Ss used as range for livestock <br />and as xildlife habitat, ':atlve vegetation 1s lox rabbitbrush, blue grams, <br />three-a~;n, and some sand dropseed, <br />Typically t},e surface layer is broxn gravelly sandy loam about $ Snches <br />thick. The upper ~ inches of the subsoil is yelloxish broxn ~avelly sandy <br />clay loam, and the loxer 6 inches is pile hroxn very gravelly sandy loam <br />xith some lime coatings on the undersides of gravel and cobble. The sub- <br />stratum, from 18 to 60 inches or more, ccnsists of sand and gravel. <br />Fermeability Ss moderate, r^ffective rooting depth is 10 to 20 inches. <br />Available xater capacity is lox. Organic matter content in the surface <br />layer is lo;:. Surface runoff is slox and erosion :.=_zard Ss slight. <br />This soil is used for irrigated crops, irrigated pasture and hayland, end <br />rar.Feland. Crops groan are potatoes, small ~'alns, alfalfa, and vegetatle <br />