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Lincoln County, Colorado <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />105 — Ascalon sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 4,400 to 6,000 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 11 to 16 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 135 to 155 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Ascalon and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Description of Ascalon <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landfonn position (three- dimensional): Side slope <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Eolian deposits <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 9 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 (Ksat): Moderately high to high <br />(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: 15 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 8.9 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonimgated): 6e <br />Ecological site: Sandy Plains (R067BY024C0) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Sandy loam <br />4 to 15 inches: Sandy clay loam <br />15 to 60 inches: Fine sandy loam <br />Minor Components <br />Otero <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landfonn: Hills <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Side slope <br />Other vegetative classification: SANDY PLAINS (067XY024C0_1) <br />Platner <br />Percent of map unit: 4 percent <br />Landform: Plains <br />12 <br />