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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />~ 999 <br />.S ~ ~ Doc Date:12/11/2001 <br />2.04.09 <br />SOIL RESOURCE INFORMATION <br />Soils <br />The soil of the Blue Flame Coal Mine disturbed area has been mostly <br />removed by grading and construction work. Coal and waste rock have been mixed <br />into or replaced the original soils of the mine bench. No top soil has been <br />saved or stored from the disturbed mine bench. Coal mining operations have <br />been ongoing here for well over thirty (30) years. No thought for saving the <br />original soils was made. However, the land surrounding the approximately 4.1 <br />disturbed acres has remained relatively untouched with the original soils <br />intact. Soils of these areas have been surveyed and delineated into two (2) <br />soil mapping units. <br />The Soil Conservation Service has mapped and recorded site-specific <br />data on the physical and chemical properties of these soils. The soil types <br />are shown on the Soil Map and also on the accompanying photo of the mine site. <br />' Soil Mapping Unit Descriptions <br />Zau Stony Loam, ]2 to 65 Percent S1 <br />This package consists of a shallow, well-drained soil on sandstone <br />breaks of moderately steep to steep upland mesas, and areas of sandstone out- <br />crops. The average annual precipitation is ]4 to ]7 inches. The average <br />annual air temperature is 47 to 50 degrees. The frost-free season is ]]0 tc <br />]30 days. <br />The Zau Stony Loam soil makes up ]00 percent of the unit. The Zau <br />Stony Loam soil formed as residual material from sandstone and shale. The soil <br />on the bushy hillside is Zua Stony Loam on about 40 percent slope. It is <br />classified as a fine, mixed Typic Argiboroll. A typical pedon description <br />follows: <br />0 to 8 inches; dark grayish brown stony loam <br />8 to ]3 inches; brown clay loam <br />• ]3 to 32 inches; brown and yellowish brown clay <br />~..., _ ~~ <br />