Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Ututed States <br />Depanment <br />Agriculture <br />Natural Resources <br />Consen anon <br />Sen'ice <br />ti <br />USDA Sen'ice Center <br />20U South 10th Street <br />Rock' Ford, CO &1067 <br />Mat' 1 ~. 1997 <br />Mr. Bert Nesselhuf <br />31160 Couna' Road 14 <br />Manzanola. CO S105S <br />Dear Ben, <br />I hate revier~zd the land described as: SW 1!4, Section 13 and 19 acres in Lot 4 of Township 22 <br />S., Rauge ~S W of the Gth P.M.; in Croct'le) Couch; Colorailu. ,Att aerial phi,w of this lauii is <br />anached. This land is current]' in nati~ e ranee cover The cols are: <br />Vdb -Vona sand.' loam, ] to 3 percent slops <br />Cg - C'ascajo Suils and Gr:n'ellc land <br />HsB - I-Ian e~ -Stoneham loams; 0-3 percent slopes <br />OntA -Olney sand)' loaltt, ~ t0 1 percent <br />BcA -Baca lo:un 0 to 3 percent <br />The Cascajo soils dominate the site «ith HanedSu~neham soils in the drainages. The site is a <br />gravel breaks rau~e site. Top soil is con' thin, encelh loam; ~" in thickness. See attached <br />descriptions. This land has t'en' little topsoil and gravel all the sti'ay to the surlace. The Vona and <br />Olney Sand)- loam soils are deeper sandy plains range soils ~~ith similar t~egetatit~e coyer. The <br />Baca loath is a deep soil on the hood plain. Present eeeetation cover ou the sandy and grat'elly <br />soils is in poor condition consisting of: <br />Sand Sage bats] 10°'0 <br />Cholla cams 5% <br />Prickly pear cactus ~% <br />Sand dropseed 10°'0 <br />Blue erama ~U°.'o <br />Side oats grams ~% <br />Forbs and weeds 20% <br />Sage rata)' be three feet tall, all other t'egetation is shorter. <br />Tlus site is the gravel breaks above the Arkansas Rit'er. It is not applicable fur any crop <br />production and six acres of gazing is needed to support one cote for a month. <br />The historical 99 )'ear a~'erage precipitation for this site is 95 inches per year. <br />