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Map Unit oesaiptaac Webnnre-Mb to son assoo,ton -Puebb area. COLORADO MOSS ROCK <br />Colorado. Parts of Pueblo and Custer Counties <br />Pa Natural Resources <br />Coeserva6mu Since <br />Pueblo Area, Colorado, Parts of Pueblo and Custer <br />Counties <br />WE—Wetmore- Mortenson association <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 6,600 to 7,600 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 18 to 24 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 42 to 47 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 9D to 120 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Wetmore and simf!o.r soils: 40 percent <br />Mortensen and similar souls: 30 percent <br />Minor components: 30 percent <br />Description of Wetmore <br />Setting <br />Landfarm: Mountainsides <br />Landfonn posrfion (three- dimensianaq: Mountainflank <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Sandy and gravelly colluvium ant/for residuum <br />weathered from granite <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 25 to 70 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 8 to 20 inches to ri ttic bedrock <br />Drainage class Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water <br />(Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 inlhr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of pending: None <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 13 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capabilily (noninrg' ated): 7s <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 6 inches: Gravelly sandy loam <br />6 to 12 inches: Very gravely sandy loam <br />12 to 18 inches: Very gravelly coarse sandy loam <br />18 to 22 inches: Unweathered bedrock <br />Description of Mortenson <br />Setting <br />Landfonn: Mountainsides <br />Landfarm position (three- drmensianaij: Mountainflank <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />National Cooper Cooperative Survey Page c 2 <br />