2012-05-10_PERMIT FILE - M2012023

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Official Series Description - LORENCITO Series https: / /soilseries.sc.egov. usda.gov /OSD_Docs /L/LORENCITO... Clay content: 35 to 45 percent Sand content: 10 to 35 percent Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent channers and gravel A horizon: Hue: 7.5YR to 2.5Y Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 to 5 moist Chroma: 2 or 3 Texture: channery clay loam, clay loam Clay content: 30 to 40 percent Rock fragments: 5 to 35 percent channers and gravel Reaction: slightly acid or neutral AC horizon: Hue: 7.5YR to 2.5Y Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist Chroma: 2 or 3 Texture of the fine earth fraction: clay, clay loam, silty clay loam Clay content: 35 to 50 percent Rock fragments: 5 to 15 percent channers or gravel Pararock fragments: 5 to 25 percent shale parafragments Reaction: slightly acid or neutral COMPETING SERIES: These are the Toldohn(NM) series. Toldohn soils: are dry in May and June. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Parent material: slope alluvium and residuum derived from shale and siltstone, commonly the Raton Formation. Landform: hills, pediments, structural benches Slopes: 3 to 65 percent Elevation: 5,500 to 7,800 feet Mean annual temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 18 inches Precipitation pattern: continental Wettest period: May through August Driest period: December through February Frost -free period: 125 to 140 days. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Rombo, Sarcillo, and Trujillo series. The Rombo soils are moderately deep to paralithic contact and are on north facing backslopes of hills. The Sarcillo soils are shallow to lithic contact and are on summits and shoulders of hills. The Trujillo soils are very deep and are on fans and drainageways. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, rapid runoff, slow permeability. USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland and wildlife habitat; the native vegetation is twoneedle pinyon, juniper, Gambel's oak, true mountainmahogany, sideoats grama, blue 2 of 3 4/9/2012 4:34 PM