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<br /> <br /> <br />Sin. i[iguel County gra~rel Bits - !line Reclamation - Page 2 <br />Sites ?iith Completed Excavation: <br />~!t Cougar Hill - This pit is located on (36) Unnamed 36-Rock Outcrop complex <br />(Unnamed.36 Fraction). There is a stockpile o' soil material for surfacing, <br />The ~regetation is typical of Pinyon-Juniper i.'oodland. 'The erosion hazard <br />is moderate to se-rere because of slope and sandy loam soil texture, <br />~7 Hzrniltonriesa - This site is cn (X65) i)racca-Cerro gra•reliy loam soil <br />association (Uracca fraction). There is a Bocd stockpile of soil material <br />for topsciLin; purposes. Plants are representative of higher ele-raticn <br />Pinyon-Juniper ?•iocdland. good results can be expected from reseeding, The <br />site is potentiali;,s more eresi're than .ethers because of higher precipitation <br />and steeper slopes, <br />X11 Sroad Canyon - This pit is located on (yOC) Roc:: Outcrops-Torriorthents <br />map unit. Thera is quite a bit of soil material mi_eed with rock Fragments in <br />the excavated pi+,. .t will be euite dii'ficult to separate the topsoil and <br />rock. I suggest that the large boulders be pushed to one side, and the <br />remainder be graded and shaped for reseeding, There is a good stand cf nature <br />plants adjacent to the pit, and it appears the pit is reestablish;ng itse" <br />rapidly, Plants are typical of Pinyon-Juniper '.icedland, <br />,'~5 -tiramonte - '?'_he soil on this site has not been classified. It is shame <br />deri~red t~rith 8 tc 1C inches of hea~rur clay surface and numercus shale chins <br />scattered on the surface. There is no stockpile of topsoil material although <br />the site has been shaped and graded to sore degree. There is some interest <br />in comrerting t:.is Nit to addit-_onal r=creation/ca^~p sites for the itiramonte <br />Recreation Area, I feel iris cep+rersicn should be ercouraBeal. The site has <br />a moderate erosion hazard. because of scil tex~ure. <br />Active and Proposed ?its: <br />;13 Sam Hankins - T":e soil on this si+,e has onl-~ a tents+,i~re classifi caticn. <br />The description sho as them to 'ce 1C icc:yes of~ loam surface soil. 3anastone <br />bedrock occurs a~ about 33 inches. The site is locate3 in a natu_^al drair_age- <br />way, and has hi6h potential for cor.~rersien to a stockalater pond. The ccn- <br />version should to encouraged, although ti.e soil material will have to be placed <br />o*rer the rock botton to reduce seepag_ losses. The plants are representa*,.i%~ <br />of Loamy Foothi~~s range site, and the area has high potential for reseeding, <br />=1 Roger '~illi a,s - This p'_t 15 S1tL'ated On (0617) ~:err0 CObblyr loam, ':here <br />is some scil ma~erial :which has been set aside for topseilinB. The site is <br />potentially Pinyon-Juniper :iooaland, adjacent areas ha~re been con~rerted <br />to ncn-irrigated pasture. ;ith topsoil replaced this pit has high potential <br />for conversion tc ds^y pasture, erosion hazard is sLoht, <br />r~72 Lea•rer .?esa - The soils on this si :e ha~re not been classified, i~ field <br />inspection of t're test nit showed there to be 10 to 13 inches of soi 1 <br />material that could be removed fairl.;~ easily fcr tonsoiling, The vegetation <br />is transitional to Sub~pine loam ran_>=_ ;ite, There are ~~rery fa-rorable <br />Brewing conaiticns and gocd revE_etatior. results can be expected. The <br />erosion hazard is sli;;ht, <br />