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<br />4" <br />}`' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE '- •" ~ .`~•, Cn 3121' <br />t , i ~• <br />Cr~l onna of CcL,rado Co. <br />tenon City-, :olorado <br />Attn: Dennis iurtank <br />Dear Mr. Eurbank.: <br />?he following is ir; re:'crence to your request for soils informaticm con- <br />cerninf the 'r-ellsville and Marrs !!emorial quarries. <br />The A'arrs Memori3: quarry located in tt:e N'.~1'9 sec.3,T.L7 N.,R.12 B., con- <br />sis's mainly of granite rock outcrop. A few pockets of very shallow, coarse <br />• sandy loam are in tare area. There are some deep sany'jr loam soils, similar <br />±o the Prang series, in the valley below that could be borrowed to cover <br />the- spoil area. It looY.a like this material was used on the road on the <br />gaaarsy. Vegetation consists of pinyon and ,)uniper trees, mountain mahogany <br />skunkbush, fringed sage, and rahbitbrush. <br />The ''elisville quarries consist of the Rentsac very ehannery loam, 2~ to <br />r~ percent slopes and rock outcrop. A few small areas have soils similar <br />to the Rentsac soils except they are deeper than 20 inches to bedrock. <br />*'uch ~f the s?oil areas have s^,ne plant cover at the present time. Natural <br />vegetation consists of Indian ricegr:ss, sleeay'grass, squirreltail, ratbit- <br />brush, ;,air}• geldaster, and other .9hrubs. An occasional pinyon and ~unioer <br />tree are also present. <br />Species su~tarle for re-vegetation or. these sites are grasses and shrubs <br />s::ch a:- ti,.: f'oliorr_ne: <br />Gr3s•• :coding ?"ixt~r-~ 4, cf T"ix lts. '_.~./Ac. <br />.. :.1 Dropseed - 5C <br />in:iian Ricegrass 'S l.:.C <br />r!estem ' ~zeatgrass ': :.' <br />' (Ar: iba or ~esana) <br />Yello~r Sweetclover - 1."' <br />-£ aian ?i ~e,;r=.~s ~ ; n•~t avh.:.13t ~~_, S i. St1 U1 Lc: `ior !an Creo tea ':L.-_'. .3t <br />~.r 1)=S. <br />... - '!:^1r.9: ~'i :... ~i~.'~a'.r? ls:, ikr^.A ~~ ~~. I !" 'Jr t,c 17 •J uI:i J:: <br />/~ o~ PI ~/~ `^ -- - <br />;r str`r•t Ccm servati~~r;i.a <br />~`~~~, Klw.yw1'rWN...,.r.5 ~ <br />0 <br /> <br />. <br />• :.:u 4 Y.... .I <br />:t :.. ~oI <br />