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SITE DESCRIPTION <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br />17-Fort Collins loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,500 to 6,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 16 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 125 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Fort collins and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Description of Fort Collins <br />Setting <br />Landform: Plains <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Fine-loamy eolian deposits <br />EXHIBIT B (CONT) <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 1 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 high (0.20 to <br />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 />Available water capacity. High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R069XY006CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Loam <br />4 to 23 inches: Clay loam <br />23 to 60 inches: Loam <br />63-Otero fine sandy loam, 1 to 9 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 6,300 to 7,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 52 degrees F