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• <br />Ouray gravelly loam - OuB: <br />'Thick surface variant, 1 to 3 percent slopes. This soil is on terraces that parallel the mein river and streams <br />in the central and northern parts of Chaffee County, generally east of the Arkansas River. <br />Included with this soil in mapping are small areas of Dominson gravelly sandy loam, 1 to 9 percent slopes. <br />Southwest of Salida and southeast of Buena Vista, there are areas of included soils that are less than 40 <br />inches deep over cobbles and gravel and are slightly calcareous within 12 inches of the surface. Also <br />included are small areas of Ouray soils that have a surface layer of gravelly sandy loam. <br />Runoff is slow on this soil, and [he hazard of erasion is slight. Most of the acreage is irrigated and used for <br />crops, mainly alfalfa hay, potatoes and small grains. <br />