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<br />36 <br />APPEP7DIX A <br />SOIL SERIES <br />Two soil series cover most of the Study Area. They <br />occur on the deep sand plains with slopes ranging from <br />0 to 15 percent. Soil series identified and mapped on the <br />deep sand plains portion of the Study Area are: (1) <br />(1) Osgood (variant), (2) Valent, and (3) Vona-like. <br />Since the Vona-like soils were found in only one <br />small area they were not sampled. The Osgood and Valent <br />soils were pit sampled and profile characteristics <br />recorded at duplicate sites for each of the series {a <br />profile description of each of the latter two soils <br />follows). <br />(~ All samples were taken in Sec. 36, T.3N., R.64W. <br />Locations of the pit sites are shown on the accompanying <br />soil map. <br />The Sandy Meadow portion of the Study Area was not pit <br />sampled, however, several small core samples were examined. <br />Considerable variation was found to exist within short <br />distances in these poorly drained soils. This portion of <br />the Study Area was described as Loup-BOel loamy sands 0 to <br />3 percent slopes, in the South Weld County Soil Survey <br />Report (unpublished). Profile descriptions of the Loup . <br />and Boel soil series, as given in the South Weld County <br />Soil Survey Report follows. Even though the profile <br />descriptions probably are not typical of the soil condi- <br />tions found in the sandy meadow, there is sufficient <br />similarity so that the descriptions would give an idea of <br />the general profile characteristics of these soils. <br />• <br />