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.~._ .- <br />~ fit, 3" P <br />?': r - <br />~,N~ <br />Unnunucl~Snndy Loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes <br />T!~is is n drop, woll drained soil on all~rvial fans and torraccs at <br />elnvntione of 5000 to 700 feot. It formod in alluvium from Redbed sandstone <br />- an:l shales. The avorara annual proolpitatlon is about 14 inohea~ moan <br />annum air tempernture 1:3 about 46°F., and the ave~a,re frost-free period <br />is nhout 110 days. <br />!. Included in this unit are ertall areas of very flagRy sandy loam, all <br />having elopes o~ 6 to 12 percent. <br />Typically the s~:rfnce layer ie reddish-brown sandy loam about 9 inches <br />thick. The su`~surfnoe i:a reddish-brawn sandy loam about 16 inches thick.. <br />The substratum is sandy :loam that extends below 60 inches.'.The soil <br />contains some anndstone~shale ohannory and f]aPStones. _- <br />v~• <br />~~~ Permeability is moderately rapid. Effective root'no depth is 30 to <br />J~ <br />40 inohoe. Available wat:.rr capacity is 0.13 to 0.16 in.~in. Organic <br />matter content in the surface layor is relativ~aly low. Surface runoff. <br />is moderate and erosion }raeard is moderate. <br />~. This soil is used for• rangeland and hayland. Due to its low6r water- <br />ho~diaR capacity irrigation must be more treeuent than on heavier textured <br />- soils. .The use of eprinl:lers world be an alternate method of application <br />giving good results: Thcr usual method of irritation by corrugates causes. <br />a moderately high rate of soil loss. <br />ilrban development heel taken plane in sore aroas~ and has eooelerated <br />~ the rate of erosion on +}rie eoil. <br />~ Land Cnpahility Uniti 4F: (irrigated) <br />4E (non-irri;-oted) <br />~' ~ Range Situ a0bb~1-tAE4M~ Lowy Foothills <br />,, .;,.e . <br />