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( 10. Stoneham-Ascalon-Fort Collins area <br /> Deep, nearly level to stranggly sloping well drained loam and sandy <br /> loam soils; formed in mixed alluvium and eolian materials. <br /> This soil area is on uplands in the south central part of the survey <br /> area. It occupies about 5 percent of the total acreage. . About 25 <br /> percent is the Stoneham soil, 20 percent Ascalon soil, 20 percent Fort <br /> Collins soil, and the remaining 35 percent is soils of minor extent. <br /> The Fort Collins soil has loam surface layers and the Ascalon and <br /> Stoneham soils have mostly sandy loam surface layers. The Ascalon soil <br /> elso has darker colored surface layers than do the Stoneham and Fort <br /> Collins soils. <br /> C1 The minor soils in this area are the well drained Keith, Olney, Vona, <br /> and Wiley soils. <br /> This soil area is used mainly for livestock grazing. Cropland is very <br /> limited because of the low amount of precipitation. <br /> The potential for hemesites is good and fair for wildlife habitat. <br /> 3l <br />