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Hes perm Series <br />2 <br />Competing Series and their Differentiae: Ih eba ere [he Agner, Bwbells, Center Creek, De ire, <br />• Es terb rook, Flaxton, Hereford, end Weed aeries. Bwbella, Es terb rook, Flaxton, Hereford, and <br />Weed soils are calcareous above a depth of 60 inches or immediately belw [he eolum Lf eh icker <br />then 40 inches end have con tl moue horizons of visible eslclum ea rbonate accumule[lon. Agner <br />soils have rock frogmen [e that are larger than 10 Snchee !o diameter and are dry 1n all parts <br />of the mole tore con [rol sec [ton more Chan 1/2 Che time. Center Creek eai le have loamy-ekele [al <br />C horizons vi [h less than 18 pe teen[ slay above a depth of 40 inches. De [ra eof la have a li [h is <br />contact above a depth of 40 inches. <br />Settln g: the Heaperm soils are on gently to moderately sloping concave draim and valley eideslopes. <br />Slopes typically range from about 2 to 20 percent or more. the soils farmed in thick, noncalcareom, <br />medium to moderately floe textured alluvial Eem or elope yeah materials from mixed sources. At <br />[he type location the mean mnual precipitetioa !s about 20 inches with nearly equal precipitation, <br />In all months. Nears annual temperature Le 42'P., mean summer tempo ra[ure is 62'P. <br />Principal Associated Soils: iheee are the Belmear end Iemay aeile. Belmear eoi le have mo111c <br />eplpedone less than 16 Snches thick and lack srgi111e horizons. Iemsy soils have mollle epipedona <br />lees than 16 inches thiir and era fine textured. <br />Drainage and Permeability: Well [o moderately yell dralaed; sedlum to rapid runoff; moderate <br />to elw permeability. <br />Use and Vegetation: they are mad principally Eor grazing lend. Native vegeta[1on Le oakb rush, <br />bluegrass, and Indian ricegraae. . <br />Metrib ution and Extent: Southvea tern Colorado. The serlea Se of moderate extent. <br />Series Esteb llehed: Wetheri ll Meea Area, Ness Verde National Psrk, Colorado, 1965. <br />Netlanal Cooperntlve Soll Survey <br />U. S. A. <br />• <br />• <br />-72a- <br />