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<br />United States <br />Department <br />Aericulntrz <br />iJatural Resources <br />Consen'ation <br />Sen'ice <br /> <br />USDA Szn'ice Center <br />20tt South 10th Street <br />Rock' Ford. CO &1067 <br />Mav 1 i. 1997 <br />A4r. Bert Nesselhuf <br />31160 Counh' Road 14 <br />Manzanola. CO 3105 <br />Dear Bert, <br />I have rzviztvzd the land described as: S~V 1r4, Section 13 and 19 acres in Lot 4 of "township 22 <br />S., Range ~S W ofthe 6th P.M., in Cron'Izy Counp', Culora~lo. Att aerial photo of this land is <br />attached. Tltis land is cunenth in n:uivc ranee co~cr. Th: iola arc: <br />Vdb -Vona sands loam. 1 to 3 percent slope <br />Cg -Cascajo Soils and Gnn'zlh land <br />HsB - Han et -Stoneham loamy; 0-3 pzrcznt slopes <br />OntA - Olnzy sand}' loam; 0 to 1 percent <br />BcA -Baca loam 0 to 3 percent <br />The Cascajo soils dominate [he site with Hanzy/Stoneham soils in thz draina2zs. 7 hz site is a <br />gravel breaks raugz site. Top soil is ven' tlun. gravel]}' loam; ~" in thicken ss. Sez attached <br />dzscriptions. This land has vcrc little topsoil and gravel all [he was to the surface. The Vona and <br />Olnzv Sande loam soils are deeper sandy plains range soils with similar vzgetative cover Thz <br />Baca lOalll 1S a deep 5011 Olt the i100d plant. PfeSent Yc'fletan0^ COYer ou the sandy and eravzlh <br />soils is in poor condition wmistin~ of <br />Sand Sane brush 10°'0 <br />Cholla cactus 5°i6 <br />Prickly pear cactus ~°'o <br />Sand dCOpSeed 10°0 <br />Blue grama >0°'0 <br />Side oats grama ~°.'o <br />Forbs and tweeds 20% <br />Sage m:n' be three feet Tall, all other ~'e~ztation is shorter. <br />Tlus site is the gravel breaks abi,vz the Arkansas River. It is nut applicable fur any crop <br />production and six acres of grazing is needed to support onz cow for a month. <br />The ]tistorical 99 year avzrage precipitation for this sitz is 9.5 inches per }'ear. <br />