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Oi~icial Series Description - TRAVESS1i.,LA Series <br />• <br />rage l of j <br />• <br />A and Chorizons - (an AC horizon is present in some pedons) <br />Hue: 7.SYR to Z.SY <br />Value: 5 to 7 dry, 3 to 5 moist <br />Chroma: 2 to 4 <br />Texture of the Fine Earth Fraction: sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam or very fine sandy loam. <br />Rock fragment content: 4 to 35 percent <br />Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline. <br />COMPETING SERIES: These are the Hideout (UT), Kenzo (T UT), Lazear (CO), RedsPear (W~), <br />Rizno (I~'T), Rizozo (NM), Simel (U'T), S Willa e (NM), Tesihim (AZ), Travson (WY), and Zukan <br />(IJT) series. <br />Hideout soils: have a mean annual temperature of 47 to 50 degrees F. <br />Kenzo soils: have hue of 7.SYR or redder. <br />Lazear soils: have more than l8 percent clay. <br />Redspear, Rizno and Rizozo soils: have hue of SYR or redder. <br />Simel soils: average 27 to 35 percent clay. <br />Skyvillage soils: are dry in all parts of the soil moisture control section periodically from May 1 to June <br />30. <br />Tesihim soils: are derived from soft volcanic tuff. <br />Travson soils: are dry in the soil moisture control section July through September. <br />Zuchan soils: have accumulated carbonates in the form of a Bk horizon. <br />GEOGRAPffiC SETTING; <br />Parent material: calcareous eolian sediments and residuum weathered from sandstone and shale. <br />Outcrops of sandstone with a minor amount of shale are common on steep slopes. <br />Landform: hills, cuestas, scarps, and mesas <br />Slopes: 0 to 75 percent. <br />Elevation: 4,700 to 8,000 feet. <br />Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 16 inches, but has ranged higher. <br />Mean annual temperature: 50 to 57 degrees F. <br />Frost-free period is typically 115 to 170 days. Utah has afrost-free period as low as 70 days. <br />GEOGRAPffiCALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Bernal, Carnero. Hagerman, ua and <br />Pajarito soils. <br />Bernal and Hagerman soils: have an argillic horizon. <br />Carnero soils: have bedrock at depths of 20 to 40 inches. <br />Quay and Pajarito soils: do not have bedrock within a depth of 40 inches. <br />Quay soils have more than 18 percent clay in the particle size control section and have a prominent zone <br />of lime accumulation <br />DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; runoff is high on slopes less than 1 percent and <br />very high on slopes greater than 1 percent; moderate or moderately rapid permeability. <br />USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland. Juniper, pinyon, squawbush, oakbrush, blue grama, sideoats <br />grama and snakeweed are the principal plants. <br />DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, western <br />Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. LRR E, G; MLRA'S 49, 67, 69, 70, 77. The series is extensive. <br />MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas <br />http://ortho.ftw.nr'cs.usda.goy/osdJdat/T/TRAVESSII..LA.html 1l27/'?nn6 <br />