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Map Unit Description: Fort Collins loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes —El Paso County <br />Area, Colorado <br />El Paso County Area, Colorado <br />30 —Fort Collins loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 5,200 to 6,500 feet <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Fort collins and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Description of Fort Collins <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flats <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Talf <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Medium - textured alluvium <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 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 (0.57 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: 15 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R069XY006CO) <br />Other vegetative classification: LOAMY PLAINS (069AY006C0) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 9 inches: Loam <br />9 to 21 inches: Clay loam <br />21 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 />Page 1 of 1 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey <br />