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12/98 <br /> 50C =Cochetopa loam, warm, 3 to 12 percent slopes <br /> Additional symbols : 2VC, 130, 132 <br /> Setting <br /> Depth class : very deep <br /> Drainage class : well drained <br /> Position on landscape: benches, fan terraces, and plateaus <br /> Parent material : loess and alluvium derived from sandstone <br /> and shale <br /> Elevation: 6, 600 to 8, 400 feet <br /> Air temperature : 37 to 40 degrees F <br /> Annual precipitation: 16 to 27 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 30 to 55 days <br /> Composition <br /> Cochetopa soil and similar inclusions : 80 percent <br /> Contrasting inclusions: 20 percent <br /> Contrasting Inclusions <br /> Binco soils <br /> Clayburn soils <br /> Aquolls and Aquents soils, springs, marshes, seeps, and <br /> beaver ponds on slumped landscapes and/or ajacent to <br /> irrigation ditches <br /> Similar inclusions <br /> Buckskin soils <br /> Gourley soils <br /> Typical Profile <br /> Surface layer: <br /> 0 to 5 inches=grayish brown loam <br /> Subsurface layer: <br /> 5 to 20 inches=grayish brown loam <br /> Subsoil : <br /> 20 to 30 inches=brown clay <br /> 30 to 30 inches=yellowish brown clay <br /> 30 to 65 inches=pale brown clay <br /> Soil Properties and Qualities <br /> Permeability: slow <br /> Available water capacity: high <br /> Potential rooting depth: 60 or more inches <br /> Runoff : medium to high <br /> Hazard of water erosion: slight to very high <br /> Hazard of soil blowing : low <br /> Major Current Uses <br /> irrigated hay and pasture <br /> nonirrigated crops <br /> livestock grazing <br /> wildlife habitat <br />