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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Yuma County, Colorado Version date:1/16/200810:15:53 <br />AM <br />18-Haxtun loamy sand <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,100 to 4,600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Haxtun and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 2 percent <br />Description of Haxtun <br />Setting <br />Landform: Valleys, swales <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Eolian sands over older buried soil <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately <br />high (0.20 to 0.60 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content. 15 percent <br />Maximum salinity. Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 5.0 <br />Available water capacity. Moderate (about 8.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 3e <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R072XY023CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 10 inches: Loamy sand <br />10 to 20 inches: Sandy loam <br />20 to 41 inches: Sandy clay loam <br />41 to 60 inches: Sandy loam <br />Minor Components <br />Aquic haplustolls <br />Percent of map unit: 2 percent <br />Landform: Depressions <br />11