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<br />IJNITEU STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
<br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
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<br />,j, r,,~ _ Casca•jo Soils and Craveliy I:.n•i
<br />In general, tt,ese soils ar,• r-rove] ly, exr,c:;sively pn la, nc.lr, rvrci b,~caun,,
<br />of >tcop slopor„ :surface nurcff is rapid. U, a typical protil~• tr.~~ surl'ac•,
<br />layer, about six ine}:~•s thick, is ~-r;iv~•lly !own. 'n t}.~: up~rr part it i:;
<br />light brownish gray r,nd `.a:; ~{ loos• c~,nsi::tence wl,~•n dry. Th~• n, xt la;;• r.
<br />:,?out 1~ inch,:: thicF:, is v.•ry 1s,1~•-! rowr~ cobbly, vorg• ,~rav•,•I I,; lu:uri. It
<br />i_ rich in ] imc and }.as a thick, l ir..•• coating on the• bottom s~:rf ,c~ v1•
<br />peb},les and cobbles. Undr.rlyinK th~• above horizon is ..^,trat.it:~d rand r,rld
<br />frravel. FY•om about 3~ t, 1,> inches i:7 brownish-yrll„w si1Ly al:,y [hat 1s
<br />very strongly calcareous and contains massy limes conrr~•ti„nr;. Ir, plac~•s,
<br />the:;r. roils arc underlain by pale-y!•]low soft uhnl,~ ,it varying ~t••pt.hs.
<br />A complete and detailed description of these soils is ;~ound in the :Soil
<br />.'urvey of Otero County Colorado which is a p,r[ 01' tr,is .•,•port.
<br />ij. "s?'. - Harvey Stoneham Loans
<br />T?ua Harvey soil in this soil complex hae the profile similar to thet
<br />dc•scribc-d as typical for the series. The Stoneham soil has the profile
<br />d~scri'.~d as typical for the Stoneham series. hetail~d descriptions o1'
<br />the::e two soil series are found on page 12 in the Soil Survey of Ctero
<br />Cow~ty Colorado which is n part of this report.
<br />'.n p-cncral these soil^ consist of moderately deep to deep, we1L drained,
<br />r.~~arly lc~v•~l to gent]y sloping, medium textured soils of the uplands.
<br />i•e:r.,iahilitV is medium to moderately slow, and water-holding capacity
<br />is modrr:rt~~ to high. T}ie intake rate. is medium to ciod~•rat~rly plow.
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