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4/97 <br /> 52A =Menbar loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br /> Additional symbols : 52B <br /> Setting <br /> Depth class : very deep <br /> Drainage class : somewhat poorly drained <br /> Position on landscape : flood plains <br /> Parent material : mixed alluvium <br /> Elevation : 6, 400 to 7, 600 feet <br /> Air temperature : 38 to 40 degrees F <br /> Annual precipitation: 18 to 27 inches <br /> Frost-free period: 35 to 55 days <br /> Composition <br /> Menbar soil and similar inclusions : 85 percent <br /> Contrasting inclusions : 15 percent <br /> Contrasting Inclusions <br /> poorly to very poorly drained Aquolls and Aquents soils <br /> Eleana soils <br /> Tanelle soils <br /> Becks soils <br /> Hunchback soils <br /> Matmore soils <br /> Similar Inclusions <br /> Cumulic Cryoborolls soils <br /> Slocum soils <br /> Typical Profile <br /> Surface layer: <br /> 0 to 5 inches=dark grayish brown loam <br /> Subsurface layer: <br /> 5 to 17 inches=dark gray loam <br /> 17 to 22 inches=very dark gray loam <br /> 22 to 32 inches=very dark gray loam <br /> 32 to 39 inches=light brownish gray loam <br /> Underlying material : <br /> 39 to 45 inches=light brownish gray sandy loam <br /> 45 to 55 inches=light grayish brown loamy sand <br /> 55 to 60 inches=light yellowish brown extremely gravelly sand <br /> Soil Properties and Qualities <br /> Permeability: moderate <br /> Available water capacity: moderate <br /> Potential rooting depth : 60 or more inches for water-tolerant plants <br /> and 20 to 30 inches for other plants <br /> Flooding : rare <br /> Runoff : low to medium <br /> Hazard of water erosion : slight to moderate <br /> Hazard of soil blowing: low <br />