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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />33 Julesburg sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes <br />Elevation: 3900 to 4600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 148 to 152 days <br />Julesburg and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Description of Julesburg <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Parent material: Coarse-loamy eolian deposits <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 5 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: 5 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 6.8 inches) <br />Setting <br />Composition <br />High (1.98 to 6.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classifcelion (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3e <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 5 inches: sandy loam <br />5 to 12 inches: sandy loam <br />12 to 30 inches: sandy loam <br />30 to 42 inches: sandy loam <br />42 to 60 inches: loamy sand <br />Minor Components <br />Ascalon soils <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />Haxtun soils <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Ewlogicel site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />Manter soils <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023C0) <br />~® `~~~ <br />s ~"_ <br />~~ . ' <br />~~ ofFjecSae,Ya, <br />Ot~`N1mto9 ana <br />USA Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service Tabular Data Version: 4 <br />Tabular Data Version Date: 12/19/2005 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />