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' NONTECHNICAL SOILS OESCR IPTI~E PORT • <br />19"I3 Eroaaway <br />^ <br />Map ~ Soil name and description <br />Claee VII - Not suited for cultivation. Very eeve re <br />~ limitations. Sulted for range, woodland or wildli Ee <br />' ~ uses Sf carefully managed. lleually cannot apply <br />~ physical prat[ ices such ae pStting, furrowing, seeding, <br />~ etc. <br />' ~ S - Major problem ie in the soil. It may be too <br />shallow, too heavy, et ony, low in fertility, salty, <br />alkaline or have low moisture capacity. <br />G~ ~ Unnamed Bandy clay loam, 0 to 2 percent elopes <br />This unit consists of very deep, some who[ pot rly <br />' ~ drained soils on terraces. These soils formed in <br />alluvial materials from mixed sources. The upper par[ <br />of the surface layer ie sandy clay loam about 2 inc hee <br />[hick. The lower par[ Se sandy loam about ~ inches <br />I ~ thick. The underlying material ie loamy course Band <br />~ and course Band over extremely cobbly and extremely <br />gravelly alluvial materials to a depth of 60 Snchee or <br />~ more. Permeability Se moderately rapid. Available <br />' ~ water capacity is low. Runoff is slow, and the hazard <br />~ of water erosion ie alight. <br />R~ <br />1 <br />Rivexwaeh <br />This map unit cone Sete of una tabilized Bandy or <br />gravelly sediment Cha[ ie flooded and reworked <br />frequently by rivers. This un i[ occurs mainly along <br />the Gunnison and Colorado Rive re within [he survey <br />area. Slopes are generally lees than 2 percent, and <br />the unit hoe a frequent flood hazard. <br />Capability Subclass BW; noniriigated <br />