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SOILS AND VEGETATION~ont)
<br />• Exhibit I1J
<br />A-0 ib 4 lashes, gnylah-brown (lOYA 6/8) aBt loam,
<br />vary dark grayish brown (10 L/2) whae mdst;
<br />m enG, fins, granular structure; slightly bard, very
<br />friable; slightly sticky and slightly plaatie; many vary
<br />floe roots; eeotnl; clear emootb boundsq
<br />Bit---1 to 9 lashes, snr•b-6rowa (lOYR 6/2) silty elq
<br />loam, very dark ~grn~aylsh brows (lOYA 8/2) when
<br />moist; madanb, flea, wbangular blocky atruehR~a;
<br />heed, frlabk; stleky and Pbustie: many very flea roots;
<br />thin, patchy, e4y flleaa on pads; neutral; clear, smooth
<br />B2t-9 to 20 fnehea brows (7.6YA 6/4) heavy clay loam,
<br />dark brown (7.6~YR 4/4) when motet; moderate, coane,
<br />pprlematle structure parting to moderate, medium sngu-
<br />lar blocky; extremely hard, flrm• stleky ane) very
<br />plastle; common very floe roots; thin, conHnuoua, clay
<br />films on pads; neutral; clear, smooth boundary.
<br />B8~20 to 26 lochee Yale-brown (lOYR 8/g) clay loam,
<br />dark brown (l0Y)~ 4/9) when motel; moderate, medium,
<br />aubangular blocky structure pert(ng to moderate, floe,
<br />angular blocky; very hard friable; stleky end plastic;
<br />common very floe roots; th~n, petehy, clay films on pads;
<br />esleareoue; floe filaments and threads of Ilme; moder-
<br />^tely alkaline; gradusl, smooth boundary.
<br />Cca-26 to 98 lashes very pale Drown (IOYA 7/4) elsy
<br />loam, brown (10]iR 6/9) when mole(; week, medium,
<br />subanggulsr blocky structure; hard, very friable; stleky
<br />and plastic; celcareoue; moderately alkaline; clear,
<br />smooth boundary.
<br />R--99 lochee, sandstone.
<br />The A horizon is 9 to 6 inches khlek. The A end B hori-
<br />zons are ea much as 10 percent small fragments of eand-
<br />etone and the Cca le ae much ae 20 percent tragmente. The
<br />B2k ~orizon Is clay, clay loam, ar silty stay loam. The
<br />depth to the Cea horizon ranges from 16 to 26 lochee, and
<br />the depth to sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 lochee.
<br />Wo-Wormaer silt loam. This soil ie in tits western
<br />part of the survey area. The elope !s 1 to 4 percent.
<br />The areas are irregularly shaped and cover as much
<br />as 600 acres. Small, barren slickspots scattered through-
<br />out the area make up about 16 percent of the acreage.
<br />Included with this soil in mapping are areas o[
<br />Nunn eoils, which make up about 16 percent of the
<br />acreage, and areas of Stroupe soils, which make up
<br />about 6 percent.
<br />Runoff is medium, and the hazard of erosion la
<br />moderate.
<br />This soil is suited to grazing. It has potential for
<br />wildlife use if the habitat can be improved. The native
<br />vegetation is mainly western wheatgrass, blue grams,
<br />alkali eacaton, and cactus. Capability unit VIe-4, non-
<br />irrlgated; Clayey Foothills range site.
<br />E%CERPT eROM SOIL S[TRVEY OF PUEBLO AREA, COLORADO A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SOIL
<br />CONSERVATION SERVICE PUBLICATION 3~
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