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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />81-Zyme clay loam, 3 to 25 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 6,000 to 7,000 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 110 to 130 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Zyme and similar soils: 70 percent <br />Description of Zyme <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills, ridges <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Crest, base slope, side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Residuum weathered from shale <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 25 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 6 to 20 inches to paralithic 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 />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 10 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water capacity.- Low (about 3.7 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirngated): 6e <br />Ecological site: Pinus edulis-Juniperus osteosperma/Artemisia tridentata ssp. <br />vaseyana-Cercocarpus montanus/Poa fendleriana-Pleuraphis jamesii <br />(F036XY907CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Clay loam <br />4 to 10 inches: Clay loam, clay, silty clay loam <br />10 to 14 inches: Weathered bedrock <br />18