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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />144 —Kimst loam, 3 to 12 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 />Kimst and similar soils: 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Description of Kimst <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Side slope <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Alluvium and /or eolian deposits <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 12 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 (0.20 to <br />0.60 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 to very slightly saline (0.0 to 4.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water capacity: High (about 10.7 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 6e <br />Ecological site: Loamy Plains (R067BY002CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 5 inches: Loam <br />5 to 60 inches: Sandy clay loam <br />Minor Components <br />Apishapa, rarely ponded <br />Percent of map unit: 3 percent <br />Landform: Depressions <br />Ecological site: Plains Swale (R067XY01000) <br />