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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Pueblo Area, Colorado, Parts of Pueblo and Custer Counties <br />CaE-Cascajo very gravelly sandy loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,400 to 6,000 feet <br />Frost-free period: 145 to 175 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Cascajo and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Description of Cascajo <br />Setting <br />Landform: Terraces <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread, riser <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Sandy and gravelly alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 25 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Excessively 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: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 25 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.9 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Ecological site: Gravel Breaks (R069XY064CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 10 inches: Very gravelly sandy loam <br />10 to 21 inches: Very gravelly sandy loam <br />21 to 60 inches: Stratified extremely gravelly coarse sand <br />Minor Components <br />Shale outcrop <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />OoC-Otero sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,400 to 5,200 feet <br />10