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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />82-Zyme-Rock outcrop complex, 12 to 65 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: 47 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 110 to 130 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Zyme and similar soils: 50 percent <br />Rock outcrop: 30 percent <br />Description of Zyme <br />Setting <br />Landform: Ridges, hills <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Crest, side slope, base slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Residuum weathered from shale <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 12 to 60 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 (nonirrigated): 7e <br />Ecological site: Pinus edulis-Juniperus scopulorum/Quercus gambelii-Artemisia <br />tridentata ssp. vaseyana/Poa fendleriana-Hesperostipa comata <br />(F036XY906CO) <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 />Description of Rock Outcrop <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope, side slope, crest <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />19