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• <br />• <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />39— Hesperus loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 7,000 to 8,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 18 to 24 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 42 to 45 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 90 to 110 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Hesperus and similar soils: 75 percent <br />Minor components: 5 percent <br />Description of Hesperus <br />Setting <br />Landform: Valleys, alluvial fans <br />Landform position (three - dimensional): Base slope <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Medium - textured alluvium derived from mixed sources <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 12 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high <br />(0.20 to 2.00 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: 5 percent <br />Available water capacity: Very high (about 27.2 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 4e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Ecological site: Loamy Park (R048AY222C0) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 14 inches: Loam <br />14 to 45 inches: Clay loam, loam, silty clay loam <br />45 to 60 inches: Loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam <br />Minor Components <br />Alamosa <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Alluvial fans <br />35 <br />