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6.4.9 Exhibit I – Soils Information <br />Description of Caruso Setting <br />Landform: Flood -plain steps, stream terraces Landform position (three - <br />dimensional): Tread Down -slope shape: Linear Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Mixed alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 1 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage <br />class: Somewhat poorly drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit <br />water <br />(Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in /hr) Depth to water <br />table: About 24 to 48 inches Frequency of flooding: Occasional Frequency of <br />ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 5 percent Maximum <br />salinity. Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) Available water capacity. High (about <br />9.8 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3w Land capability (nonirrigated): 5w <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 35 inches: Clay loam 35 to 44 inches: Fine sandy loam, sandy loam 44 to 60 <br />inches: Sand, gravelly sand <br />Minor Components Loveland <br />Percent of map unit. 9 percent Landform: Terraces <br />Fluvaquents <br />Percent of map unit. 6 percent <br />Area, Colorado Map Unit Description: Caruso clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slope – <br />Larimer County <br />33— FLUVAQUENTS, NEARLY LEVEL <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,800 to 8,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 20 inches Mean <br />annual air temperature: 43 to 52 degrees F Frost -free period: 90 to 130 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Fluvaquents, nearly level, and similar soils: 90 percent Minor components: 10 <br />percent <br />Description of Fluvaquents, Nearly Level Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains, stream terraces, valley flats Landform position (three - <br />dimensional): Tread, dip Down -slope shape: Linear Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Sandy and /or clayey alluvium <br />