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Map Unit Description: Kim loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes —El Paso County Area, <br />Colorado <br />El Paso County Area, Colorado <br />43 —Kim loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,300 to 5,600 feet <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Kim and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Description of Kim <br />Setting <br />Landform: Fans, hills <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Side slope <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Calcareous loamy alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 1 to 8 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 <br />(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.60 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: 20 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/ <br />cm) <br />Available water capacity: High (about 9.6 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Ecological site: Loamy Park (R048AY222C0) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 6 inches: Loam <br />6 to 60 inches: Loam <br />Minor Components <br />Pleasant <br />Percent of map unit: <br />Landform: Depressions <br />Data Source Information <br />Soil Survey Area: El Paso County Area, Colorado <br />Survey Area Data: Version 6, Aug 21, 2008 <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 2.1 1/27/2009 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 1 of 1 <br />