_PERMIT FILE - M1974070 ‎(76)‎

• Permit No: M1974070
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT I-SOILS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

29B_�BIS^n;;.trd :;n_1y Loam, 0 to_3 lrrcent slope•
This is a deep, son�-what excessively drained soil on floodplains nt f
elevations of 4450 to 5000 feet. It formed in stratified recent
' alluvium along stnta,ns and rivers throughout the survey area.
Included in this unit are numerous sand and gravel bars. Some non-
calcareous areas arc alc:o included.
Typically the surface layer is grayish brown sandy loam about 4 inches
thick. The underlying material , to a depth of 60 inches , is light
yellowish brown calcareous sand stratified with thin lenses of sandy
loam and loam. .
jPermeability is moderately rapid and available water capacity is low. '
"I Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or wore. Surface runoff is slow
and erosion hazard is low.
These soils are suited to very li.ai.ted' crop;ing. . They are sandy and
L�
subject to flooding Pasture is the best use for this soil, with ;
tall vhcatgrass , tall fescue and annual sweetclover same of the best
' suited crops , light frequent irrigations by furrows and flooding are
r'ecomnerded. Corraarcial fertilizers ic•prove the .mount and value of
forage produced .
The potential native vegetation on this soil is dominated by switch-
grass , Indiangrass , sand bluestem, sand reedgrass , sideoats gra ma,
needle-and-thread and blue grama. Much of this site has inclusions {..
of other soils and vegetation in such a complex pattern that it is .
1-3