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Ecological Site Name: NRCS Rangeland Site -- Summary by Map Unit — Moffat County Area, Colorado (C0686) <br />Map unit symbol <br />Map unit name <br />Rating <br />Acres in AOl <br />Percent of AOI <br />10 <br />Battlement fine sandy loam, 0 to <br />3 percent slopes <br />Foothill Swale <br />4.9 <br />13.3% <br />12 <br />Berlake sandy loam, 3 to 12 <br />percent slopes <br />Sandy Foothills <br />31.4 <br />86.2% <br />118 <br />Lander loam, 0 to 3 percent <br />slopes <br />Riverbottom <br />0.0 <br />0.0% <br />162 <br />Rock River sandy loam, 3 to 12 <br />percent slopes <br />Rolling Loam <br />0.2 <br />0.5% <br />Totals for Area of Interest <br />36.5 <br />100.0% <br />Ecological Site Name: NRCS Rangeland Site -Moffat County Area, Colorado <br />USDA Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service <br />Ecological Site Name: NRCS Rangeland Site <br />Description <br />An ecological site name provides a general description of a particular ecological <br />site. For example, "Loamy Upland" is the name of a rangeland ecological site. An <br />"ecological site" is the product of all the environmental factors responsible for its <br />development. It has characteristic soils that have developed over time; a <br />characteristic hydrology, particularly infiltration and runoff, that has developed over <br />time; and a characteristic plant community (kind and amount of vegetation). The <br />vegetation, soils, and hydrology are all interrelated. Each is influenced by the others <br />and influences the development of the others. For example, the hydrology of the <br />site is influenced by development of the soil and plant community. The plant <br />community on an ecological site is typified by an association of species that differs <br />from that of other ecological sites in the kind and/or proportion of species or in total <br />production. Descriptions of ecological sites are provided in the Field Office <br />Technical Guide, which is available in local offices of the Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service. Descriptions of those displayed in this map and summary <br />table may also be accessed through the Ecological Site Assessment tab in Web <br />Soil Survey. <br />Ecological sites and their respective unique set of characteristics are uniquely <br />identified by the Ecological Site ID. The same Ecological Site Name may be <br />assigned to multiple Ecological Site IDs. If you wish to display a map of unique <br />ecological sites, it is recommended that you select the Ecological Site ID attribute <br />from the choice list. <br />Rating Options <br />Class: NRCS Rangeland Site <br />Aggregation Method: Dominant Condition <br />Component Percent Cutoff: None Specified <br />Tie -break Rule: Lower <br />Web Soil Survey <br />National Cooperative Soil Survey <br />/4 <br />2/16/2012 <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />