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The Neville soil is deep and well drained. It formed in alluvium derived dominantly from red <br />sandstone and siltstone. Slopes range from 3 to 10 percent. The surface layer is typically <br />yellowish red fine sandy loam about 3 inches thick. The substratum is loam to a depth of 60 <br />inches or more. The soil is mildly alkaline to a depth of 3 inches and is moderately alkaline <br />below that depth. Permeability is moderate in the Neville soil. Available water capacity is high. <br />Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Runoff is medium to very high, and the hazard of <br />water erosion is moderate to very high. <br />The potential plant community on the Nevill soil is mainly blue grams, western wheatgrass, <br />needleandthread, and prairie junegrass. The average annual production of air-dry vegetation is <br />about 1200 pounds per acre. If the condition of the range deteriorates, blue grams, pricklypear, <br />rabbitbrush, and bottlebrush squirreltail increase. <br />Another soil type within the affected land is the Sedillo cobbly sandy loam (Map Unit No 100). <br />This soil occurs in the northeast portion of the affected land below the toe of the hogback. <br />Neither mining nor processing is planned for this area. <br />r~ <br />L <br /> <br />