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secondary calcium carbonate and/or sulfate. Lazear soils have more than 18 percent <br />clay. Redspear, Rizno and Rizozo soils have hues of 5YR or redder. Skyvillage soils are <br />dry in all parts of the soil moisture control section periodically from February 15 to June <br />30. Travson soils are dry in the soil moisture control section July through September. <br />U <br />GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Travessilla soils are on hills, cuestas, and mesas with <br />slopes ranging from 0 to 75 percent. Elevation ranges from about 4,700 to 8,000 feet. <br />They formed from calcareous eolian sediments and material weathered from sandstone <br />and shale. Outcrops of sandstone with a minor amount of shale are common on steep <br />slopes. Typically, the average annual precipitation ranges from about 10 to 13 inches, <br />but has ranged higher in the past. The average annual temperature ranges from about <br />47 to 57 degrees F. Frost-free period is typically 115 to 170 days. Utah has afrost-free <br />period as low as 70 days. <br />GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Bernal, Carnero, Hagerman, <br />Quav and Paiarito soils. Bernal and Hagerman soils have argillic horizons. Carnero soils <br />lack bedrock at depths of less than 20 inches. Quay and Pajarito soils lack bedrock <br />within a depth of 40 inches and Quay soils have more than 18 percent clay in the control <br />section and have a prominent zone of lime accumulation. <br />DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; medium to rapid runoff; moderate or <br />moderately rapid permeability. <br />USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland. Juniper, squawbush, oakbrush, blue grama, <br />sideoats grama and snakeweed are the principal plants. <br />DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, <br />western Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. The series is extensive. <br />MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas <br />SERIES ESTABLISHED: Eastern New Mexico Reconnaissance, Harding County, New <br />Mexico, 1937. <br />REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: <br />Ochric Epipedon -The zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of 4 inches (A <br />horizon). <br />Lithic Contact -The occurrence of hard sandstone at about 8 inches (2R horizon). <br />Particle-size Control Section -The zone from the surface of the soil to about 8 inches (A, <br />C horizons). <br />National Cooperative Soil Survey U.S.A. <br />VALLEYCITY SERIES <br /> <br />LOCATION VALLEYCITY UT <br />(REVISED 9/99) <br />2.04.9-54 <br />