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Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado <br />7B SatantaSampson, loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded <br />Setting <br />Landscape: Tablelands <br />Elevation: 3900 to 5200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 152 days <br />Composition <br />Satanta and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Sampson and similar soils: 30 percent <br />Minor components: 30 percent <br />Description of Satanta <br />Setting <br />Landtorm: Paleoterraces <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits over fine-loamy alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br />Drainage Gass: 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: 15 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.2 inches) <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3e <br />Ecological site: Loamy (R067BY002C0) <br />Other vegetative classification: LOAMY PLAINS (067XY002C0_1) <br />Typical Profile <br />0 to 4 inches: loam <br />4 to 7 inches: Gay loam <br />7 to 14 inches: clay loam <br />14 to 19 inches: clay loam <br />19 to 23 inches: clay loam <br />23 to 34 inches: loam <br />34 to 60 inches: loam <br />Description of Sampson <br />Selling <br />Landform: Flood plains <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy alluvium <br />Properties and Qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): <br />Frequency of Flooding: Rare <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate maximum: 15 percent <br />Gypsum maximum: 0 percent <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive Groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (non irrigated): 3c <br />Ecological site: Overgow (R072XY036C0) <br />Typical Profile <br />Moderately high or high (0.60 to 2.00 inlhr) <br />9 C+® <br />~~~~~ ® ~ <br />~~ rt~~~~ <br />~~ooot aids {`~a. <br />~N~MtPto9 <br />U_Sp,4 Natural Resources <br />~~ Conservation Service Tabular Data Version:4 <br />Tabular Data Version Date: 12!19/2005 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />