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<br />UNITED STATES <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />AGRICULTURE <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />CONSERVATION <br />SERVICE <br /> <br />1626 HIGHWAY 50 WEST <br />PUEBLO, CO 81008 <br />(719)-543-8384 <br />(7191 545-4835 FAX <br />Date: 1/29/98 <br />Inventory and Evaluation for Kirkland Construction, Pantaleo Pit <br />Conservationist: Rhoades / Fortman <br />Location: Section 17 T21S R61W (level area) <br />Soils: Otero sandy loam, 1 to 5Z slopes. <br />Pueblo Area Soil survey map sheet 25 and 26 <br />Range Site: Sandy Plains <br />Plant Z composition by weight (air-dry) <br />Grasses 7 Forbs ~ <br />blue grama 40 plains prickly pear T <br />sideoats grama 7 annuals 5 <br />sand dropseed 2 <br />hairy tridens S <br />ring muhly 30 <br />red three awn 1 <br />galleta 10 <br />Shrubs <br />small soapweed (yucca) T <br />snakeweed T <br />sand sagebrush T <br />T = trace <br />Annual herbage production estimate for this area was estimated at <br />350 to 500 pounds per acre of air dry forage. Range condition was <br />estimated to be fair. Basal vegetation density was estimated at 15 <br />to 20X <br />