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f~•~ Unlted Stales Soil <br />y1 Department of Conservation <br />~~~~' Agriculture Service <br />seoieci. Gravel Pit Revegetation and Soils Information <br />To: Jim Douglas <br />Routt County <br />From: Jahn Valentine, <br />District Conservationist <br />Steamboat Springs <br />Date: March 22, 1982 <br />Soils: The soils on the site have not been mapped in t:~e regular Routt <br />County Soil Survey. For identification purposes they are Typic <br />Argiborolls. They are a fine sandy loam over skeletal. The soils <br />are calcareous and occur on a gravel bench over-looking the <br />South fork of the Williams Fork River. <br />There is presently a cropfield directly East of the proposed <br />gravel pit. There is within this field a small drainage exiting <br />from this field to ttie West. Should the gravel pit extend into <br />tkie crop field, measures should be taken to prevent the gully <br />from creeping back into the field. <br />Vegetation <br />The site was visited in the second week of hfarch and although <br />the site was free of snow cover the vegetation had not begun <br />growt:~ so identification of plant materials was made using last <br />years vegetative growth. <br />Grasses Forbs and Shrubs <br />Cheatgrass Arizona Fescue Woods Rose <br />Wes ;ern Wheatgrass Thickspike Wheatgrass Fringed Sage <br />June Grass Indian Ricegrass Big Sage <br />Squirrels Tail Aster spp. <br />Sherman Big Blue grass <br />Needlegrass <br />Production of native vegetation would average 1000 lb/ac of air <br />dry forage. Basal area cover averaged 20$ over the site. <br />Sincerely, <br />John Valentine, D.C. <br />cc:file <br />O ine Sou Conservation Service <br />U s an agency of the SCS-AS-2 <br />Deparim em of Aguc ull ure 1D 79 <br />