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Map Unit Description: Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes— Larimer <br />County Area, Colorado <br />Larimer County Area, Colorado <br />64— Loveland clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,800 to 5,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 15 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 135 to 150 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Loveland and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Description of Loveland <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains, stream terraces <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Tread <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 1 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Poorly drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water <br />(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 to 0.60 in /hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 18 to 36 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (2.0 to 4.0 mmhos/ <br />cm) <br />Available water capacity: Very high (about 16.7 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3w <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 3w <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 15 inches: Clay loam <br />15 to 32 inches: Clay loam, silty clay loam, loam <br />32 to 60 inches: Very gravelly sand, gravelly sand, gravelly coarse <br />sand <br />Minor Components <br />Poudre <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Aquolls <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />� Natural Resources Web Soil Survey <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey <br />5/19/2011 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />