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~h ~! <br />slight. This soil has a fluctuating water table during most of the year and is ,_: <br />subject to occasional flooding during the spring and summer months. <br />The typifying pedon for the Big Blue series reported by the Soil <br />Conservation Service follows: ..~:z <br />. ;,. <br />~.~ <br />Typical Pedon: Big Blue loam, grassland. (Colors are for dry soil <br />unless otherwise noted.) <br />All 0 to ]0 inches, dark gray l10 XR 4/]) loam, black (10 YR 2/]) moist; <br />moderate very fine granular structure; soft, vezy friable, slightly <br />sticky and slightly plastic; calcareous; moderately alkaline; clear <br />smooth boundary. (6 to ]2 inches thick.) <br />A12g 10 to 18 inches, dark gray (]0 YR 4/]) clay, black (]0 YR 2/]) moist; <br />common medium distinct olive (5 Y 5/6) mottles; weak medium sub angular <br />blocky structure that parts to medium granules; slightly hard, fri- <br />• able, sticky and plastic; peds are extremely hard, very firm; cal- <br />careous; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (6 to ]2 inches <br />thick.) <br />B21g ]8 to 40 inches, light gray (5 Y 6/]) heavy clay loam, dark gray (5 Y <br />A/7) moist; many large prominent olive (5 Y 5/6) mottles; weak coarse <br />subangular block structure; slightly hard, friable, sticky and, <br />plastic; peds are very hard, firm; calcareous; moderately alkaline; <br />gradual smooth boundary. (]2 to 30 inches thick.) <br />B22g 40 to 60 inches, light gray (5 Y 6/1) heavy clay loam, gray (5 Y 5/1) <br />moist; many large prominent olive (5 Y 5/6) mottles; massive, very <br />hard, firm, sticky and plastic, mildly alkaline. <br />This soil is used mainly for irrigated pasture and rangeland. Range- <br />land vegetation consists mainly of Tufted Hairgrass, Slender Wheatgrass, Red <br />Top, sedges and rushes. <br /> <br />,~ .~ .+. <br />