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<br />Soils according to the General soils map, Gilpin Crnmty .4pri1 198;'.
<br />. Cryoboralfs -Rock outcrop association: L'old, deep to shallow, well
<br />drained, gently sloping to steep soils and Rocl: outcrops :md rock
<br />slides on high mottntain slopes.
<br />General soils inte rpreted from the map of T,;tnrl Use ;mil Natural Plr,n t.;
<br />Communities Gilpin County, Oolornd~ Jnl,y 1ri80 by I!; pn "oil Con :;,u•v:~-
<br />tion Service (SCS) ctnd the ;;CS Lakowuod I~icld Uffirc l,p,•}tnirnl t•iri,l,,.
<br />A. Alpine Meadow :;oils: Soils ;ire gritty lo;~m:; t~, r~ritty ~rnl;,
<br />lonm;i 1•ying Lnul~~r n vrt•y dark I~r:iy Ln binclt I'iht•nn:: pmt 1:,•p~ r
<br />of highly variable. thickness. 'Pl~e urg:m is m:a (part layer; r ai
<br />range from practically nothing Lo as ume}t as 15 inches, thick,
<br />depending upon port. crazing tu;r, 11v~, .,lap nn~l Lh;~wint{ action ~n,l
<br />type :uid cmtotutt of vegetative cover. 'l'he type of vegetation i:.
<br />controlled principally by a somewhat variable, but re:;tricisiv,~
<br />high water table. The soil is poorly drained, gleyed and is
<br />high in organic matter. It is acid in reaction :ind plant !-r,ai~.ir
<br />is often limited to those plcutt:; havin8 law phu::phate curd lii
<br />requirements.
<br />B. Soils with L?verstory of hodgepol.e Yine: :;oils are on :.id~•
<br />slopes of the mrnmtaitt with north a:,sects. Soil:; are grave]1•y
<br />loamy to ~•avel.ly sandy looms. The surface ::oil is covered with
<br />a mat of parti;tll.y decomposed need]es, leavee. ;inrl twigs abrnt{.
<br />one inch thick. The ntu•.faue :.oil it };enerally nentr:i] mtd Li ~•~,:~i
<br />• strongly acid nt rtbout 15 inches of depth. Soil^ pre generally
<br />modernte].•y a: ~~ to :;oft bedrock. lJa tpr holding r,2pnci t,y i ~. n„liu
<br />Runoff is rapid mxl hnsard of water crnaion i;; high.
<br />C. Romrtining nn71s of t}tn nrr•a (Npine ;;lnp,~::): ,{ails nrr
<br />tn•itty lortms t,o gritty sandy ].u:mc~, binc]< to d:u•k gruyish-
<br />brown topsoil np i,p 10 inches, thick. '['he prof i 1 r is general l;r
<br />gx•avelly or stony. Soils pre ustt:tlly 10 - 1(, inclio^, deep rrv,.,•
<br />ineffective geoln;*ical material. Parent matrri:tlr. ;u•e nu~ai. "~~.,•
<br />metarnoiphic-schist and gneiss derived from h1•,vtite -- but the:r~
<br />may also be sedimentary reuulnnts as nuuttlc.;. 'I'hc soil in g~~n rn
<br />low in inherent fertility, has a medium to low trrter-holding
<br />capacity and is ar_id in reatirtn.
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