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Map Unit DescriptIon— Ridgway Area, Colorado, Parts of Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, and Ouray Counties Rock outcrop: 20 percent Minor components: 10 percent Description of Barboncito Setting Landform: Mesas, dipslopes on cuestas Parent material: Loamy slope alluvium derived from sandstone over loamy residuum weathered from sandstone Properties and qualities Slope: 3 to 20 percent Surface area covered with cobbles, stones or boulders: 5.0 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 11 to 19 inches to bedrock (Iithic) Drainage class: Well drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very low to moderately high (0.00 to 0.60 in /hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 14 percent Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) Available water capacity: Very low (about 2.1 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s Other vegetative classification: Semidesert loam (null_71) Typical profile 0 to 3 inches: Sandy loam 3 to 5 inches: Fine sandy loam 5 to 11 inches: Clay loam 11 to 13 inches: Channery clay loam 13 to 17 inches: Unweathered bedrock Description of Rock Outcrop Setting Landform: Free faces, ledges on cuestas Properties and qualities Slope: 3 to 20 percent Depth to restrictive feature: 0 to 4 inches to bedrock (Iithic) Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very low to high (0.00 to 1.98 in /hr) Available water capacity: Very low (about 0.0 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability (nonirrigated): 8 Typical profile 0 to 60 inches: Unweathered bedrock Minor Components Gapmesa Percent of map unit: 8 percent USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 10/27/2012 Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey Page 3 of 63