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EXHIBIT I <br />Soils Information <br />According to the Soil Survey of Larimer County, Colorado (United States Department of <br />Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, December 1980), there are three major soil types within <br />the proposed project site: <br />1. 22 -Caruso clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes. <br />2. 64 -Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />3. 105 -Table Mountain loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />The location of these soil types is illustrated on the attached map. <br />Caruso clay loam, 0 to 1 percent <br />This level soil is on low terraces and bottom lands. In a representative profile the surface layer is <br />grayish brown clay loam about 11 inches thick. The underlying material is stratified pale brown, <br />light brown, and grayish brown clay loam, silty clay loam, fine sandy loam, and loamy fine sand. <br />Below this is sand and gravel. Runoff is slow, and the hazard of erosion is slight. The available <br />water capacity is medium to high. These soils are mainly used for irrigated crops and pasture. <br />The native vegetation is mainly inland saltgrass, alkali sacaton, sedges, and other water-tolerant <br />grasses. <br />Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />The Loveland series of soil consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in <br />material weathered from alluvium. These soils are on low terraces and flood plains and are <br />underlain by sand and gravel at a depth of 20 to 40 inches. In a representative profile the surface <br />layer is mottled dark grayish brown or grayish brown clay loam about 15 inches thick. The <br />underlying material is 17 inches of grayish brown clay loam over sand, gravel, and cobbles. <br />Runoff is slow, and the hazard of water erosion is slight. The available water capacity is <br />medium to high. These soils are used mainly for irrigated and dry-farmed crops and for pasture. <br />The native vegetation is mainly blue grama, bluegrass, and sedges. <br />Table Mountain loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />The Table Mountain series consists of deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvium. This <br />level of soil is on low terraces and bottom lands. In a representative profile the surface layer is <br />grayish brown loam about 36 inches thick. The underlying material is brown fine sandy loam <br />about 10 inches thick and yellowish brown fine sandy loam about 5 inches thick. Below this is <br />sand and gravel. Runoff is slow, and the hazard of erosion is slight. This soil is flooded or <br />receives overflow in places. The available water capacity is high and permeability is moderate. <br />These soils are used mainly for irrigated and dry-farmed crops. A few areas are in native <br />grasses. The native vegetation is mainly blue grama, bluegrass, bromegrass, and some fortis and <br />shrubs. <br />SerFer Project <br />DBMS 112 Permit <br />Page 16 <br />