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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Larimer County Area, Colorado <br />11-Baller-Carnero complex, 9 to 35 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,400 to 6,800 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 47 to 49 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 135 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Bailer and similar soils: 45 percent <br />Carnero and similar soils: 35 percent <br />Description of Bailer <br />Setting <br />Landform: Ridges <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Weathered from sandstone <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 9 to 35 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to lithic bedrock <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to <br />moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Ecological site: Shallow Foothill (R049BY204CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 6 inches: Stony sandy loam <br />6 to 11 inches: Very stony fine sandy loam, very stony sandy loam <br />11 to 15 inches: Unweathered bedrock <br />Description of Carnero <br />Setting <br />Landform: Ridges <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Material weathered from sandstone <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 9 to 15 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 20 to 40 inches to lithic bedrock <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />11