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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />Ascalon sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />Elevation: 3900 to 4600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 152 days <br />Ascalon and similar soils: 60 percent <br />Minor components: 20 percent <br />Description of Ascalon <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits <br />Setting <br />Com osition <br />~~;~ ~~ 0 ~a~aaon, <br />D`vt~ ~m9 a d gataiY <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 3 percent <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 10 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 8.5 inches) <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3e <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 6 inches: sandy loam <br />6 to 10 inches: sandy day loam <br />10 to 21 inches: sandy Gay loam <br />21 to 37 inches: sandy Gay loam <br />37 to 50 inches: sandy Gay loam <br />5010 60 inches: sandy loam <br />Minor Components <br />Kimst soils <br />Percent of map unit: 8 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Ecological site: Loamy (R0678Y002C0) <br />Other vegetative classifcation: LOAMY PLAINS (067XY002C0_1) <br />Otero soils <br />Percent of map unit: 7 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Landform position (two~imensional): Summit <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />Pleasant sails <br />Percent of map unit: 4 percent <br />Landform: Depressions <br />Ecological site: Plains Swale (R072XY010C0) <br />Lodgepole soils <br />Percent of map unit: 1 percent <br />Landform: Depressions <br />(f Sp,4 Natural Resources <br />Tabular Data Version:4 <br />Conservation Service Tabular Data Version Date: 12/19/2005 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />