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• BEENOM-ABSAROKEE ASSOCIATION <br />These soils are found on hilly, steep or very steep slopes from 6800 to 8300 feet in <br />elevation. Beenom series soils are typically found on the upper part of slopes, while <br />the Absazokee series is most commonly found on the lower azeas of slopes, as well as <br />in swales. Beenom soils are shallow, well-drained and overly bedrock at 10-20 inches. <br />This series is derived in place from weathered sandstone and interbedded shales. The <br />Beenom series typically has a grayish brown loam surface horizon about four inches <br />thick overlying a brown clay loam subsoil five inches thick. The substratum is a pale <br />brown stony clay loam overlying bedrock sandstone at approximately fourteen inches. <br />Absarokee series soils are relatively shallow, well rained and overly the sandstone or <br />interbedded shale bedrock material at 20-40 inches. The Absazokee surface layer is a <br />dazk grayish brown loam approximately seven inches thick. The subsoil is a brown <br />clay about 18 inches thick. Below the subsoil is a stony clay loam intersecting bedrock <br />at about 30 inches. Native vegetation most often associated with both soil series is the <br />oakbrush vegetation community. Both soil series are limited due to slope and shallow <br />bedrock. The association has been placed in capability class VIIe, soils with limitations <br />that nearly preclude their use for commercial crop production, due to the erosive nature <br />of the soil without plant cover. <br />TORRIORTHENTS-ROCK OUTCROP, SANDSTONE, COMPLEX <br />f These broadly defined soils occur on steep to very steep footslopes and mountainsides. <br />Torriorthents are more common on the lower footslope under sandstone outcrops <br />topographically. Torriorthents are well-drained and vary in depth from 10 to 60 <br />inches. Torriorthents often have little or no profile development. Surface layers of <br />Torriorthents range from sandy loam to clay loam and are very stony. Where layers <br />have developed, the surface layer is usually a dark colored loam or sandy loam which <br />is very stony. Subsurface layers often have significant amounts of stones, cobbles, and <br />boulders. Use of these soils is limited due to the presence of rock material. The <br />NRCS places these soils in capability class VIIs; soils with limitations that nearly <br />preclude their use for commercial crop production, due to the stony nature of the soil. <br />FLUVENTS <br />F7uvents, broadly defined by NRCS, are soils found in narrow valleys, alluvial fans, <br />and mountain tcesiopes. They are generally found on slopes ranging from zero to six <br />percent. Consisting of sediments from upgradient sources, Fluvents aze formed <br />through surface water flow and deposition. In some azeas, sediment is deposited from <br />adjacent sources, while in other locations, sediment may be transported long distances. <br />Dependent on the source, duration, and intensity of flow, sorting and stratification of <br />the deposited material may be more or less pronounced. Surface layers are usually <br />loams, but may vary from fine to coazse textures. These soils may be subject to <br />. additional deposition of material depending on location and activity of the drainage. <br />Usually, horizon development is slight. Native vegetation is adapted to periodic <br />-7- <br />