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<br />ADVANCE COPY SURME M"ro cli-AW <br />HoB=Hodden sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes <br />r <br />Composition <br />Hodden soil and similar inclusions: 95 percent <br />Contrasting inclusions: 5 percent ' <br />Characteristics of the Hodden Soil <br />Landforms: Pan terraces <br />Parent material: Alluvium, glacial Cutwash <br />Native plant community type: Grass <br />Typical profile: <br />0 to 4 inches-brown sandy loam <br />4 to 8 inches=brown very gravelly sandy loam <br />8 to 18 inches=very gravelly sandy loam <br />18 to 30 inches=very gravelly coarse sandy loam <br />30 to 60 inches extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam <br />Depth class: Very deep <br />Drainage class: Well <br />Permeability: Moderate <br />Available water capacity: Low <br />Potential rooting depth: 60 or more inches <br />Runoff: Slow to medium <br />Hazard of water erosion (no plant cover): Slight to moderate <br />Contrasting Inclusions <br />On concave areas and small drainageways; soils with a low content of rock fragments in the <br />uper 30 inches or less <br />intermingled with this Hodden Soil oils with Inclusions <br />less clay in the fine-earth fraction of the <br />subsoil than in this Hodden soil <br />Major Uses <br />rangeland <br />'y <br />Major Management Factors <br />Soil-related factors: Low available water capacity, high content of rock fragments in the <br />soil <br />Climatic factors: <br />Mean annual precipitation=11 to 14 inches <br />mean annual air temperature=36 to 40 degrees r <br />Frost-free period=50 to 80 days <br />Elevation=9,000 to 9,600 feet <br />Management Considerations <br />Rangeland <br />Dominant vegetation: <br />In potential plant community=Arizona fescue, western wheatgrass, prairie junegrass, <br />needleandthread <br />In present plant community=slimstem muhly, western wheatgrass, Arizona fescue, <br />prairie junegrass, blue grama, fringed sagebrush <br />Response to a deterioration in the range condition: An increase or invasion of slimstem <br />muhly, blue grama, and fringed sagebrush Annual production of air-dry vegetation in <br />years of average rainfall: 750 pounds per acre <br />suitability for seeding with a drill: Good <br />Building site development <br />Suitability: Good <br />Interpretative Groups <br />Land capability classification, nonirrigated: Vie <br />Range site: Mountain Loam, 10-16" PPT 225 <br />1