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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />SECTION II -E TECHNICAL GUIDE <br />ECOLOGICAL SITE DESCRIPTION <br />PINYON JUNIPER WOODLAND <br />COLORADO FIELD OFFICE <br />Ecological Site Name: Shallow & Sandy Loam PJ #112 <br />Ecological Site Number: GF - 034BY112C0 <br />Date: 03/01/96 <br />Author's initials: JWK /LJJ /JEM <br />PART A: PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS <br />SoiL Narrative: <br />The_ surface soils_ of this sire are dominated by fine sandy <br />loams and_ sandy loan's. Some surface textures may include_ <br />rock fragments. The suhsoiLa range -from sandy loams to clay <br />loams. The subsoils may also include rock frayLuents . Depth_ <br />is shallow to moderately deep, but in some cases is deep. <br />When soils are deep they are usually stone, gravel or cobble <br />filled which causes the soil tc act more like a shallow soil <br />because of water holding capacity. Hazard of water erosion <br />ranges from low to very high. Runoff ranges from slow to <br />very rapid. <br />b. List of Soil Series or Taxonomic Units included in this <br />site: <br />SSA <br />675 MU45 <br />677 MU30 <br />677 MUX31 <br />680 MU65 <br />680 MJ119 <br />682 WJ37B <br />682 MU12 <br />682 MU23 <br />682 MU65 <br />682 MU14 <br />682 MU26 <br />682 MU26 <br />682 MU62 <br />682 MU62 <br />Soil <br />Series <br />Gladel <br />Frontier <br />Lonti <br />Bowdish <br />Ildefonso <br />Unnamed37B <br />Sadgran <br />Mellenthin <br />Progresso <br />Roygorge <br />Berto <br />Roygorge <br />Mellenthin <br />Seis <br />Surface <br />Texture <br />Slope <br />Range <br />sandy loam 1 -50 <br />sandy loam 3 -20 <br />cobbly sandy clay loam 10 -50 <br />fine sandy loam 3 -12 <br />ex gravelly sandy loam 6 -30 <br />very gravelly sandy loam 6 -25 <br />fine sandy loam <br />fine sandy loam <br />fine sandy loam <br />sandy loam <br />gravelly sandy loam <br />sandy loam <br />fine sandy loam <br />ex. gravelly sandy loam <br />Shallow & Sandy Loam PJ #112 Page 1 of 10 <br />12 -35 <br />3 -12 <br />3 -12 <br />5 -35 <br />5 -15 <br />5 -15, <br />12 -35 <br />12 -35 <br />Phase <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />none <br />