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United States <br />Department of <br />(40 Agriculture <br />Soil <br />Conservation <br />Service <br />Frank Morgan <br />Nucla, CO. 81424 <br />Dear Frank: <br />December 26, 1985 <br />Enclosed is a copy of the soils maps which cover your farm ground <br />in the Nucla /Naturita area. After our visit in my office I looked <br />through your Conservation Plan folder but still could not find <br />soils information on some of the The enclosed maps <br />cover the area of ownersh p:shbwn on the Conservation Plan maps. <br />Also enclosed are copies of the soils map unit descriptions. <br />You and I discussed the area East of Highway 97, between the gravel <br />pit and the Hilltop Grocery. I discussed this area also with the <br />soil scientist, Bill Hawn, and he concurs that the ridge which has <br />the shack on it is very apt to be the best soil to farm on the place. <br />As we discussed it does not lay well with regards to irrigating. <br />The legend below will tie the soil mapping units to their name and <br />description: <br />UNIT NUMBER / NAME <br />30C Progresso loam <br />53 Pinon- Bowdish -Rock outcrop complex <br />70B Barx fine sandy loam <br />70C 11 ii <br />74D Pinon- Progresso loam <br />74E Pinon - Torriorthents complex <br />76B Vananda silty clay <br />76C it <br />7 6 D <br />78C Bodot silty clay loam <br />78D it rr <br />82B Abra loam <br />82C It <br />82D if <br />84C Clapper loam <br />202 Clapper- Torriorthents complex <br />808 Ustolls, wet <br />900 Rock outcrop- Torriorthents complex <br />"Note: generally speaking, the B indicates 1 to 3 percent slope, <br />C indicates 3 to 6 percent and D indicates 6 to 12 percent. <br />Sincerel <br />/ Jack Warren <br />District Conservationist <br />The Soil Conservation Service t j <br />is an agency of the UK <br />United States Department of Agriculture % mar *U.S. Government Printing Office: 1983- 420.939/1578 <br />