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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />25-Colorow sandy loam <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,050 to 5,800 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 8 to 10 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 47 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 105 to 130 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Colorow and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Description of Colorow <br />Setting <br />Landform: Stream terraces, flood plains, valley floors <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Dip, talf, rise <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material. Alluvium derived from sandstone <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 4 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Moderately well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): High (2.00 to 6.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 48 to 72 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: Rare <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. Moderate (about 6.3 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 6c <br />Ecological site: Sandy Saltdesert (R034XY402CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 5 inches: Sandy loam <br />5 to 32 inches: Stratified loam to fine sandy loam <br />32 to 43 inches: Stratified fine sandy loam to loamy fine sand <br />43 to 60 inches: Stratified sandy loam to sand <br />14