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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT D-2 - SOILS INFORMATION <br />Topaz i~'_ne - Pioneer li:avan, Inc. <br />March 10,.1980 <br /> <br />... <br />+. , <br />~~FNFkAL S(liL NUlP <br />_ 1X1Ll1RFS RIVER BASIN <br />CtllDitAi~l ANU UTAH <br />The gene:~ai.aoii map of ttie~Dolores River Basin shows, <br />for broao land cse U:anring. Each soil unit is a uniQ <br />a uistinct patter:. ~f so_iv ar3 of relief a::d drainage <br />cons ats of one or more sc_is of major extent and some <br />is n~,.zc for `the m~;~r ;oils, The kind of soil in one <br />soil anus, bit :.. v ~i=ierent paicern. <br />in color, the soil units <br />~e natural landscape that has <br />features. A unit typically <br />soils of minor extent. It <br />unit can occur in other <br />The ~.:ap provides z broad pzrsya~cive of the soils and landscapes in the survey <br />area.. i'c prrovides a basis fv. comparing the potential of large areas of general <br />kinc; o~ land usz. ;vre~s icr:at are genei•a11y suitable for certain kinds of farming <br />or ccner iaa~ uses c~:. ue _SenLifiea on the map. Likewose, areas of soils having <br />prcr;:~~c;zs t:.at sre dish:.ccly cnfavorable for certain lane uses can be located. <br />BecausE ~i its small stela, the map does not show the kind of soil at a specific <br />site. Tnus, it fs aot sc~~caLle ion plarminy the management of a farm or field <br />or for selecting' a site for t reed or building or other scructuret the kinds of <br />soils ir, any one soli Wait ordinarily fl_ffer from place to place in elope, depth, <br />stoniness, areinage, c~ ctner characteristics that affect their management. <br />This general soil survey is usefci in that soils with similar characteristics <br />and suitability can be located ana related ro different parts of the basin. The <br />broad characteristics and relationships can be used in a general wny to interpret <br />the pote:~ciai of soils for agricultural, recreational, commercial, and industrial <br />uses. '~robleras of erosion, sediment yield, present land use, and future development <br />are interrelated with soils and their distr:.bution. <br />