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Official Series Description - SARCILLO Series https: / /soilseries.sc.egov. usda .gov /OSD_Docs /S /SARCILLO.html <br />Mean summer soil temperature: 64 to 68 degrees f. <br />Thickness of the solum and depth to lithic contact: 10 to 20 inches. <br />Depth to uniformly calcareous material: 10 to 20 inches. <br />A thin C horizon may be present in some pedons. <br />Particle size control section: (weighted average) <br />Clay content: 35 to 45 percent <br />Rock fragment content: 0 to 20 percent, mainly gravel and cobbles <br />A horizon: <br />Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR <br />Value: 4 through 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist <br />Chroma: 2 through 4 <br />Clay content: 15 to 30 percent <br />Reaction: slightly acid or neutral. <br />Bt horizon: <br />Hue: 2.5Y through 7.5YR <br />Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist <br />Chroma: 3 through 6 <br />Clay content: 35 to 45 percent <br />Texture: clay, silty clay, or clay loam <br />Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline. <br />Btss horizon: <br />Hue: 2.5Y through 7.5YR <br />Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist <br />Chroma: 3 through 6 <br />Clay content: 40 to 50 percent <br />Texture: clay, silty clay, or clay loam <br />Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline <br />Slickensides are few to many. <br />COMPETING SERIES: These are the Toqui (AZ) series. <br />Toqui soils: have hues of 5YR or redder in the Bt horizon, have dry soil moisture control <br />sections in May and June, and have calcium carbonate equivalent of 15 to 45 percent in <br />the Bk horizon. <br />GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: <br />Parent material: slope alluvium derived from stratified sandstone and shale, commonly the <br />Raton Formation. <br />Landform: ridges and hills <br />Elevation: 6,500 to 7,800 feet. <br />Slopes: 2 to 15 percent, but range to 40 percent. <br />Mean annual precipitation: 15 to 18 inches. <br />Mean annual air temperature is 48 to 52 degrees F. <br />Frost -free period is 100 to 125 days <br />GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Lorencito and Trujillo soils. <br />2 of 3 4/9/2012 4:36 PM <br />