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Vb_C''i-i'fr '~lun clay ]o_~m_0 to G nrrcent r.]oi.es <br />• <br />:}pis is a deep, poorly drained soil on nrarly level to pertly sloplr.p, <br />lcv lcrraces and valley bottoms. It forrt:ed In floe textured alluvium <br />fran stale, ;he averare annual rrreclpl'.aL1or. is 16 to 20 Snches. The <br />av~ra~e annual air temperature is t+t+ to 50 degrees. Tt:e averave frest <br />free sensor. is 100 to 120 days, <br />Tv^ically, t::~ upper part of the surface layer is dark Ex'aylsh bro~n clay <br />?oar. abov: 5 inches Lhick, The lo:+cr part oI the surface layer is dark <br />erzl•is^ i..re_^ silt}' clay about 8 lnct:es thick. The subsoil is tz•sy silty <br />clay a'~o•~t ~~. Snches thic[;. The substratum. is ~ra~ calcareous silty <br />c?ay to EO !r.ch°s or more, Cleyed colors aid mottles are conmor, in the <br />su'csaa ar.d su'atratun. <br />• I.^.c'_u~ed ir. t}:ls unit are small areas of Alamosa lozm, }veldt silty clay <br />_o~n,~Zisor. seeped phase, and Sili clay loan. <br />Ie_r_ea'silit~ is slow =ffective rooting depth is about 19 inches. <br />nv. aa`]e pater czr.acit.y is hieh. Surface runcff is sloe and eroslor. <br />t.a~ard is s].etit, <br />i?.`~ _.;.i] ..,._. ~ f]uct:atii.~ „a`cr tntae durir, most of t},e year acd i~ <br />sc'a_'e^_t to oceasio^al flooding durlra* the srrins zr.d su.-.mer months, <br />...__ ~J:' _~ lined mainly for irrir~ated casture and range?and. <br />• <br />