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. United States •::~y+ ~ Soil ~ ~ Oozier Avenue <br />Department of Conservation Canon City, CO 41212 <br />Agriculture Service Phone (719) 275-4465 <br />s-UB~ECT; coils and Vegetation P,eport DATE: February r^.5, 1990 <br />TO: Marshall Butler <br />Fremont County Planning and Zoning Department <br />Canon City, CO 81212 ^ <br />SOILS: The soils found in this area are Lhl(11 Adder'ton Loam, to F. <br />percent slopes and P.G(97) Rogert very gravelly Bendy loam, •~~arm. 15 <br />to 4p percent slopes. <br />The Adderton soil i5 deep and t.rell dr.3ined. It is <br />slopes and stream terraces. This soil is an e:<cellont <br />topsoil for your reclamation effort. Hevrever, much of <br />disturbed by previous quarrying. Care should be taken <br />remaining material for later reconstruction. <br />The Rogert soil is shallow and well drained. It <br />mountainsides. This unit „rill yield the g,'a•+el. The <br />on l;+ about 17 inches thirl~:. Thor? is about S inches <br />that ~.aould be suitable for use in rerlamation. This <br />b~ saved if possible. <br />found nn toe <br />source •of <br />i t ha- t.eon <br />to ctn~I~PI to <br />i=_ fnun~i nn <br />?Oil FI'Ofilc j5 <br />of ;nil mater i..=_1 <br />material =hculd <br />VEGET,4TInN: Current vegetation is mainly grasses viith open =_tands of <br />ponderosa pine. Grasses native to the site are mountain muhly, <br />Arizona fescue, FarrY oat9rass, and prarie ]un?grass. Grasses foL,nd <br />on the sit? mere blue grarna, w?stern wheat9rass s=_nd dropseed, indien <br />ricegrass, needle and thread, .lapanese brorr~e, cheatgrass, anr~ <br />bottle=brush squirreltail. Forbs found on the situ ~„ere buy=l•~•~h~at an? <br />penst~amon. Half-shrubs and shrubs found en the ;ite were fr'+na~d <br />sageb•ush, broom snal.:e!.reed, rabbitbrush, mount3inm.ahogany, rLi.'rant• <br />.and soapweed yucca. <br />"fhe seed Plan I der+e loped contains 4 native species and <br />introduced species. The introduced spacies, hard fescc_ and <br />pubescent ,•rheatgrass trill give goad gerrnination in the first year, <br />providing ~..~? get any moisture. They repr=cent 90 For runt of rho <br />rni~•. If they are not suitable to ynu or if you ~•rould Prefer ?ll <br />natives ;peC le;, I '!~OUId IeP13Ce the h3Yd fecrVe ~nith r'pvar' =hn:.c <br />fescue (at Th_ same seeding rater and the Pubescent wheatgrass ~•rirh <br />Sodar streambanl: a~heatgrass (at ...7s Pounds per 3crel, <br />'.f y.nU ha. •re any gUe;tlC~n ;. nn tt57s nl' an;' other' matteY, ploaco <br />feel ;`roe to call. <br />.Sincerely, <br />I <br />~~ <br />Ric): F'o~nano, Soil Conservationist <br />