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-::~ _= -- <br />~_ <br />• ~• i <br />Y <br />RANGE 517E N0. 289 <br />;;,~" CLAYEY FOOTHILLS <br />- . -. .August 1975 <br />4. Total Annual Production <br />,'~ _:~'' <br />JV' ~ - <br />Favorable years 1200 Pounds per Acre Dry Air <br />Unfavorable years ~ 600 " " " " <br />Median years ~ 900 " " " " '" <br />:x.: '"~. <br />,r :,r,: <br />• .:f~ <br />5. Soils ~. .. - <br />a <br />Soils are mainly derived from marine shales. They. are deep." - <br />to moderately deep and are generally rock free. Surface ._. <br />textures are mostly clay or clay loam. In some cases there - -~ <br />is a thin loam surface layer, but the major influence ,is . <br />from heavier material. There is generally swell-developed , <br />textural B hor(zon. Permeability is slow, but excellent <br />storage of water favors extension of growth into dry weather..`'"- <br />However, the high wilting point can 6e a significant.. factor ". ~' <br />in dry summers. The shrink-swell potential is high. "These `' <br />soils are subject to severe water erosion if plant cover is' ' <br />weakened. <br />b. Soils in this site are: - 38Dj898 l,'°~ ,:~-y^, <br />B.~Iklz elu. loom Bu.lkr~ e 1 <br />y / 39 r X 3 8 f1E ; . ~a l< <br />Carmack clay C ,: :... -,~.;^'. <br />Lolona silty clay loam ~.3 ~E ~~(bF = Bw(F'/r, a;~,i~ :.:?"a <br />`F~=. Can. at ~: `.,; <br />Hott clay loam /9Di--::u, ~ S,~s`~-..,'.~::~!, <br />- Lockerby clay loam (all phases) xy9RE ~'-`_<3 <br />_ - Yamac ]oam J(1 f 0 ,~Ya~>+.~c (~f +~~ ~: <br />331? ..fih".ef(~-loa.».._;,.`z;, <br />- - --~,.~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />• ~ <br />- < *~: <br />6. Rare, Threatened or Endangered Plants and Animals ~? ~ -. 4s,. q,c (oam . ~_: ,,j <br />(To be added when known) - ~ 'r,c. ; `.`'; <br />7. Location of Typical Example of the Site ~._~~a2;-.~ts.:C;; <br />r, ,~' `. <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife ]and, Sunnyside Area, northwest _' `A,,..~ xi,. <br />of Col bran, Mesa County - `.rr~y~.: <br />;, <br />Doug Hindmarsh range just west of Mesa Verde National Park ,"'`~' <br />entrance and north of Hiway 160, east of Cortez, Montezuma _~.~=~ <br />;County. -- <br />Cilorchui~5 ,IOre~1 /it6r Fe~flFicalicn PeclfS -'`5.,".~. <br />':.r: <br />- `. . <br />