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BaC =Bata silt loam, 3 to S • percent slopes setting Landscape: Foothills Landform: Alluvial fans, terraces Position on landscape: Summit, footslopes, tread Elevation: 5,500 to 6,500 feet Native plants: Grass Air temperature: 50 to 52 degrees F Annual precipitation: 14 to 15 inches Frost-free period: 120 to 140 days Composition Baca soil and similar inclusions: 90 percent Contrasting inclusions: 10 percent Typical Profile • Surface layer: 0 to 4 inches=silt loam Subsoil: 4 to 30 inches=silty clay loam Substratum: 30 to 60 inches=silty clay loam Soil Properties and qualities Parent material: Loess derived from sedimentary rook Depth class: Very deep Drainage class: Well drained Permeability: Moderately slow Available water capacity: High Potential rooting depth: 60 inches Runoff: Slow Hazard of water erosion: High Hazard of wind erosion: Moderate Carbonates: 12 to 60 inches Contrasting Inclusions Capulin soils that are greater than 60 inches deep and average between 18 and 35 percent clay in the subsoil Major Current Uses Rangeland Major Management Factors Windbreaks Soil-related factors: Permeability Suitability: Good Management considerations: Trees suitable are Ponderosa pine, Russian olive, Rocky Mountain juniper Shrubs suitable are lilac, plum Urban Development Sail-related factors: Permeability, shrink swell Suitability as a site for buildings; Poor Management considerations: Low shrink-swe21 material should be used for backfilling Septic tank absorption lines may not function properly Rangeland Suitability: Poor Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: Blue grama, western wheatgrass, needleandthread, buffalograss, sand dropseed Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 800 pounds per acre Management considerations: Range seeding Proper grazing use Interpretive Groups Land capability subclass: IIIe, nonirrigated Range site: Loamy Plains #4 MLRA: 49