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~' ~~ Uniletl Stales <br />r~~~ <br />( ~. - : Department of <br />Agriculture <br />February 16, 1982 <br />Ed Settle <br />Corn Construction Co. <br />P. O. Box 1240 <br />Grand Jun•~tion, Colorado 81502 <br />Mr. Settle: <br />EXHIBIT <br />I&J <br />This report was develope3 by the Soil Conservation Service in response to <br />your req~iest for inventory and reclaimation information for the proposed Latham <br />gravel pit. Location T8S R97W, parts o£ Sec. 2'j, 33 and 34. (DeBeque, Colorado) <br />SOILS: AW -Alluvial Land; <br />The soils on the site are identified as Alluvial Land with a capability <br />class of VIIw. This soil type consists of areas of unconsolidated alluvium, <br />generally stratified and varying widely in texture, recently deposited by <br />streams, and subject to frequent changes through stream overflow. <br />(see attached map) <br />EXISTING VEGETATION: <br />~ Basal cover ave. = 30% <br />Grasses <br />Inland Saltgrass <br />Tall Wheatgrass <br />Sand Dropseed <br />Alkali Saccaton <br />SEEDING RECOMMENDATION: <br />Tie of Mix <br />Non-Irrigated <br />reclaimation <br />Species <br />Sand Drop- <br />seed <br />Indial Rice <br />grass <br />Alkali <br />Sacaton <br />Tall Wheat- <br />grass <br />Thickspike <br />Wheatgrass <br />Pubescent <br />Wheatgrass <br />Forbes & Shrubs <br />Big Sage <br />Grease Wood <br />Rabbit Brush <br />Russian Thistle <br />Cattails <br />Variet ,~ of Mix <br />- 25 <br />Paloma 10 <br />- 25 <br />Josef 10 <br />Critana 10 <br />Luna - <br />20 <br />Trees <br />Willow <br />Russian Olive <br />Cottonwood <br />Native or <br />Introduced <br />N <br />N <br />N <br />I <br />I <br />T <br />Lbs/Ac. (P.L.S.tt) <br />Broadcast Drilled <br />o.l .05 <br />1.2 <br />.26 <br />2.2 <br />1.1 <br />3.6 <br />~ P.L.S. = Pure Live Seed <br />Bulk seed to be planted = Lbs. P.L.S. <br />germination X purity from seed tag <br />Soil <br />Conservation P.O. Box 2418 <br />Service Grand Junction, Colorado 81502 <br />.6 <br />.13 <br />1.1 <br />.55 <br />1.8 <br />O The Soil Conservation Service SCS-AS-1 <br />U ~s an agency of the 10.79 <br />Department of Ayricull ure <br />