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• OtC cRim-Oterodry fine sandy <br />loams, 2 to 7 percent slopes <br />Setting <br />Landscape: Plains <br />Landform: Hills <br />Position on landscape: <br />Backslope, footslope, summit, <br />shoulder <br />Elevation: 5,000 to 6,500 feet <br />Native plants: Grass <br />Air temperature: 50 to 53 <br />degrees F <br />Annual precipitation: 11 to 14 <br />inches <br />Frost-free period: 125 to 145 <br />days <br />Hazard of wind erosion: High <br />Carbonates: 0 to 6 inches <br />Oterodry <br />Parent material: Eolian <br />sediments <br />Depth class: Very deep <br />Drainage class: We11 drained <br />Permeability: Moderately rapid <br />Available water capacity: High <br />Potential rooting depth: 60 or <br />more inches <br />Runoff: Slow <br />Hazard of water erosion: Slight <br />to high <br />Hazard of wind erosion: High <br />Carbonates: Surface <br /> Composition Contrasting Inclusions <br /> Kim soil and similar inclusions: Fort Collins and Vona soils that <br /> 45 percent have a developed subsoil <br /> Oterodry soil and similar Marvel soils that average less <br /> inclusions: 45 percent than 15 percent fine sand and <br /> Contrasting inclusions: l0 coarser <br /> percent <br />• Major Current IIses <br /> Typical Profile Rangeland <br /> Rim <br /> Surface layer: <br /> 0 to 7 inches=fine sandy loam Major Management Factors <br /> substratum: <br /> 7 to 60 inches=loam Rangeland <br /> Soil-related factors on the Kim <br /> Oterodry soil: water erosion, wind <br /> Surface layer: erosion <br /> 0 to 11 inches=fine sandy loam Soil-related factors on the <br /> Substratum: Oterodry soil: Water erosion, <br /> 11 to 60 inches=fine sandy loam wind erosion <br /> Suitability: Good <br /> Dominant vegetation in the <br /> Soil Properties and Qualities potential plant community: Blue <br /> Rim grama, sideoats grama, <br /> Parent material: Eolian needleandthread, little <br /> sediments bluestem, Indian ricegrass <br /> Depth class: Very deep Annual production of air-dry <br /> Drainage class: Well drained vegetation: 1,100 pounds per <br /> Permeability: Moderate acre <br /> Available water capacity: High Management considerations: <br /> Potential rooting depth: 60 or Proper grazing use <br /> more inches Range seeding if in poor <br /> Runoff: Medium condition <br />• Hazard of water erosion: Slight <br /> to very high <br />