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Map Unit Description — Ridgway Area, Colorado, Parts of Delta, Gunnison, <br />Montrose, and Ouray Counties <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 2 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 <br />(Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.57 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: 50 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum content: 1 percent <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 3.0 <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 7.6 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2e <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7c <br />Ecological site: Loamy Saltdesert (R034XY401 CO) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 12 inches: Clay loam <br />12 to 17 inches: Clay <br />17 to 30 inches: Clay loam <br />30 to 38 inches: Gravelly clay <br />38 to 44 inches: Very gravelly clay <br />44 to 80 inches: Extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand <br />Minor Components <br />Mack <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Alluvial fans, outwash terraces, stream terraces <br />Landform position (three - dimensional): Tread <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Eco logical site: Loamy Saltdesert (R034XY401 CO) <br />Gyprockmesa <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Alluvial fans, hills, outwash terraces, stream terraces <br />Landform position (two - dimensional): Toeslope <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Base slope, tread <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Ecological site: Saltdesert Overflow (R035XY407C0) <br />Tuomesa <br />Percent of map unit: 4 percent <br />Landform: Outwash terraces <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Tread <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Ecological site: Loamy Saltdesert (R034XY401 C0) <br />USDA Natural Resources Web Soil Survey <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Soil Survey <br />10/27/2012 <br />Page 30 of 63 <br />