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.. ~ ~ G <br />J <br />5/81 <br />C <br />ROHC-Pulpit loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes. 'This noderately deep, .ell <br />drained soil is on uplands. Ic loaned in eolien material overlying <br />sandstme., Elevation is 5,400 to 7,100 feet. The average annual <br />precipitation is about 11 to 17 inches, the average arnual air temperature is <br />47 to 52 degrees F, and the the average frost-free season is 100 to 135 <br />days. <br />Typically, the surface layer is reddish bro~.n barn about 10 inches thick. <br />The upper 10 inches of the subsoil is reddish bcrnri clay loam. The loner S <br />inches is reddish broom loam. The upper S inches of the substratum is <br />reddish bco~n loan.. T:he lover part m a depth of 36 inches is pink fine <br />sandy !czri. hard sandstone is at a depth cf 36 inches. <br />~~ Included in this unit are small arez<, of Cahon_ very fire sandy loam, <br />`~ Shars !czm and Hitt lcam rn u~lznds and men tops, Ackmen loam and 2igti.eid <br />clay loam on s~.zles and drainage~.zys, and rZenohill Variant lezm rn shoulders. <br />included auras -aka ~ about 15 percent of the tctal acrease. <br />Permeability of this Pulpit soil is moderately sloe. Available water <br />capacity is aederate. Effective rooting depth is 20 to 40 inches. ELaioff is <br />medium, and the hazard of water erosion is moderate. Depth po~tiatd sandstene <br />.. ~,,,, y <br />rarges:fi+om 20 to 40 inches; Shrink~svell potential is moderate. Content of <br />rode fragments ranges from 0 to 10 percent. <br />TTis unit is used mainly for ecop6 and pasture. It~is also iced for <br />ha;wsite develovnenc, lives cock arazirx3 and wildlife habitat. <br />The potential plant oomnrnity on this unit is mainly western wheatgrass, <br />muctongrass, btg sagebrush and Indian ricegrass. The average annual <br />production of a.ir~ry vegetation is about 800 pounds per acre. <br />