1983-04-26_PERMIT FILE - M1983067 (7)

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SOILS • Soil Information I' e soils Found on the Stagecoach Stop .Site consist of Dacono Loam, Loamy Alluvial Land , Nunn Loam, Terrace Escarp- ments F, Vona Sand Loam . Generally , all these soils are well drained and are commonly found on level terraces along the South Platte River . Dacono Loam - This soil has 5 to LS percent gravel in the surface la yer and subsoil , and it has a sand and gravel layer between 20 and 40 inches . Runoff is slow and the hazard of water erosion is slight . The soil is easy to till and is well suited to almost all the crops grown in the count' . However it is not suited to very deep rooted crops . Permanent grass for pasture or hay is well suited to this soil . Bromegrass , Orchard Grass and fescue mixed with alfalfa make Long Lived productive pastures . This soil also has a high suitability for tree planting . Loamy Alluvial Land - This soil occurs as small areas in major clFains,ewaJS . It is a principal source of gravel . Nearly all areas are Subject to flooding from streams . Fite soils are shallow and stratified . The strata are moderately textured material that is underlain by river sand and gravel . the soils of this land type absorb water at a rapid rate . The available water capacity is low , but many areas have a high water table that is beneficial to plant grohth . Some of this land type is in native grass ; the wetter areas produce sedges and cattails . This vegetation is largely sustained by the natural water table and by flooding . Little vegetation is needed . Nunn Loam - This soil is on stream terraces in the County . SurChe r_unoff is slow and the hazard of water erosion is slight . It is east to wort: and Ls well suited to all adapted crops . In a represetaNve profile , the surface layer is about h inches thick and noncalcarcous . the subsoil is gra is - brown clay about 17 inches thick . Below a depth of '_S inches it is yellowish - brown in color , calcareous and stratified to a depth of 40 inches . terrace Escarpments - Ferrace Escarpments occur as steep side slo�teFor' pAsenr streams . they also occur as the steep faces of terrace that border hot tom lands and flood plains . This land type consists of alluvium of variable materials , and is very shallow over sand and gravel . these materials have a loamy sand later and in some areas this layer is In percent gravel . Much of this land type is rapidly being mined for sand and ; ravel , and thereafter is not "sable for farming . Terrace Escarpments are • too shallow , too gravel' , or too steep Cor cultivation . they' are better suited to grassland , but grass is difficult to re- estahlish .