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,; <br />i <br />KBD =Kim-Ildefonso complex, 4 to <br />12 percent slopes <br />Setting <br />Landfor•m; Plains, alluvial fans <br />Elevatron: 6,611(1 to ~,!=l~t.-j feet <br />;Vati ~~~e piant.s: Gr-ass <br />Afr temperature: ~~~ tl~ 63 <br />degrees ~ <br />Annual precipitation: it t~~ 14 <br />inches <br />Frost-free period: 1~0 t~~ 1-:6 <br />jays <br />Composition <br />r( Irn crii arnj s~rnl ar ~r~C us~i~ns; <br />5.r percen~. <br />ildefr,r~s~~ s~~i i ar~~~ sirni lar <br />i roc I us i ~~r~<: :6 per-cent <br />tii~ntr-ast i n3 i nc I us i ~,ns: 15 <br />percent <br />Typical Profile <br />_ Kim <br />Surface layer: <br />°' U to 4 inches=learn <br />Substratum: <br />4 to 11 inches=loam <br />1 i t~~ r•~i i r~cl-~es= I earn <br />Ildefonso <br />Surface layer: <br />!? t~~ ~=~ i r~cr~es=grave I l y I earn <br />Subsai(. <br />6 t~~ "_'U inches=very gravel ly <br />I ~ ~ a rr~ <br />~:ubstratum: <br />~u to _; inches=E;:tr-eroely <br />gravelly sandy loam <br />37 tc~ •i+ iricl'~es=E::tr-ernely <br />grave I I y I oarny sand <br />Spit Properties and Qualities <br />Kim <br />Parent material: Alluvium. <br />eol iar~ sedirner~ts <br />Depth class: Very deep <br />Drainage class: Well dr-airied <br />. Permeability: M~~derate <br />c A~~~aiia_hie water capacity: High <br />a.. potentia! rooting depth: 6~? or- <br />rnc~r-e I rirhee <br />Runoff: Sli~w <br />Hazard of water erosicn: High to <br />very nigr. <br />Hazard of wind erosion: High <br />Carbonates: i+ tc~ E. ir~cr:es <br />Ildefonso <br />Parent material': Alluvium <br />Depth cla_=. Vary deap <br />Drainage class: Sornewr~at <br />e::cessively dr-air~ed <br />Permeabi;ity: Moderately rapid <br />A~•ailabte water capacity: Lc~w <br />Potential rnoti r,g dent,`,: ,[r - <br />nlOr-e In~~ies <br />,^unop; : S I ow <br />Hazard or wat~=~ erO_ion: VevV <br />r~igr; <br />Hazard of wind erosion: M~~der-ate <br />carbonates: Surface <br />Contrasting Inclusions <br />Soils treat have a developed <br />subs ~ i I <br />~~ils treat ar'e sr~allc~w tc~ sr~ale <br />P7'aj or Lurrent Uses <br />Rangeland, ;gavel pits <br />!lajor Management Factors <br />Rangeland <br />Soil-reiated factors en the h'im <br />-oil: Water- er-r~sii~n, wind <br />er-:~s i ~~I-i <br />Soli-reiated factors on the <br />Ildefonso soil: AvailaLle water- <br />capacity, water- er-osior~, stones <br />and cot~t~ I es c~r~ the surface i n <br />s~~rne areas <br />Suitai,iiity: Fair' <br />Dominant F•egetation in the <br />potentia( plant community on the. <br />Kim soil: Glue grarna, galleta, <br />western wheatgr'ass, sarnj <br />dr-oilseed <br />Domr~ant 4'eyetatlon rR the <br />potentia! plant community on the <br />ii defon.so soli: Sideoats gr-arna, <br />t~ I ue gr arna, I i tt l e t~ I uesterr~, <br />