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Mapping Unit 34C <br />• Coutis fine sandy loam <br />This is a deep, somewhat excessively drained soil on gently to strongly <br />sloping mountain sideslopes of 3 to 65 percent. It formed in residuum <br />weathered from sandstone. This series is encountered in a band along <br />Foidel Creek from the south side of Pinnacle Peak northward. The pre- <br />dominate native vegetation is sagebrush. <br />Included in this unit are small areas of Skylick loam (66D), Skyway (70) <br />sandy loam, and Winevada fine sandy loam (53D). <br />Typically the surface layers are dark grayish brown and brown fine sandy <br />loams about 37 inches thick. The lower part of the surface layer is a <br />• pale brown fine sandy loam about 8 inches thick. The substratum is <br />light yellowish brown fine sandy loam extending to 60 inches or more. <br />Permeability is moderate. Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. <br />Available water-holding capacity is moderate. Surface runoff is slow, <br />erosion hazard is high from wind and low from water. <br />~1 <br />-8- <br />