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SOIL MAPPING UNIT NO. 1: Osgood Sand (variant) - 0-3% slopes. <br />• These are deep, level to gently sloping, well-drained sandy soils that formed in <br />wind-lain sands. <br />Typically the surface layer is grayish brown sand and ranges from 14 to 18 inches <br />thick. It overlies a transition layer 10 to 14 inches thick which normally has characteristics <br />similar to the surface layer. This layer overlies a subsoil layer ranging from 16 to 20 <br />inches thick. Weak lamellae with loamy sand and sandy loam textures occur in the <br />subsoil. The subsoil is underlain to a depth of 60 inches with loamy sand and sand. <br />Permeability is rapid to moderately rapid. Available water holding capacity is <br />moderate. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Surface runoff is very slow and <br />water erosion hazard is low. Wind erosion hazard is high on disturbed areas. <br />Small areas of soils with sandy loam and sandy clay loam subsoils occur within this <br />mapping unit. In these areas the subsoil generally occurs at a shallower depth. Included <br />in this mapping unit can be small areas of Valent soils which can comprise 0-5% of the <br />unit. <br />Range Site Name: Deep Sand Range Site <br />• Soil Capability Classification: Irrigated: IVe <br />Non-irrigated: VIe <br />SOIL MAPPING UNIT NO. 2: Vona-like loamy sand - 0-3% slopes. <br />The mapping unit, which is very limited in extent, consists of moderately deep, <br />well-drained soils that formed in wind-lain deposits over residual shale. Slopes range from <br />0 to 3 percent. <br />Typically the surface layer is grayish brown loamy sand about 6 inches thick. This <br />surface layer is underlain by a transition layer about 6 inches thick of grayish brown fine <br />sandy loam. This layer is underlain to a depth of about 32 inches by yellowish brown <br />sandy clay loam. Underlying this layer is residual shale material of the Laramie formation. <br />Permeability is moderate. Available water holding capacity is moderate to high. <br />Surface runoff is low and water erosion hazard is low. Wind erosion potential is high on <br />disturbed areas. <br />Range Site Name: Sandy Plains <br />Soil Capability Classification: Irrigated: IVe <br />• Non-irrigated: Vle <br />