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Web Soil Survey <br />Information J I <br />Map Unit Description <br />Kit Carson County, Colorado Version date: 1/28/2008 1:43:46 PM <br />14-Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 3,900 to 4,600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 148 to 152 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Canyon and similar soi/s: 40 percent <br />Rock outcrop: 30 percent <br />Description of Canyon <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Loamy residuum weathered from sandstone, calcareous <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 60 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to paralithic bedrock <br />Drainage c/ass: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 to <br />0.60 in/hr) <br />Depth to water tab/e: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 10 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Availab/e water capacity: Very low (about 1.4 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Ecological site: Limestone Breaks (R072XY06000) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 3 inches: Gravelly loam <br />3 to 7 inches: Loam <br />7 to 10 inches: Loam <br />10 to 14 inches: Weathered bedrock <br />Description of Rock Outcrop <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Sandstone, calcareous <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 60 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 0 inches to lithic bedrock <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very low to moderately high <br />(0.00 to 0.20 in/hr) <br />Availab/e water capacity: Very low (about 0.0 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 8s <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 60 inches: Unweathered bedrock <br />//websoilsurvey.nres.usda. <br />ebSoil <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />03/04/2008 <br />