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Kit Carson County, Colorado 159 Frost -free period: 145 to 152 days Taxonomic classification: Fine - loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs Typical Pedon Stoneham loam, in an area of Stoneham -Fort Collins loams, 3 to 5 percent slopes, about 1,820 feet north and 750 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 36, T. 11 S., R. 51 W; USGS Bellyache Creek, Colorado, topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 2 minutes 40 seconds N. and long. 103 degrees 3 minutes 13 seconds W. A -0 to 3 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. Bt -3 to 6 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; moderate medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots; few fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. Btk-6 to 10 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few very fine and fine roots; few fine tubular pores; few faint patchy clay films on faces of peds; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary. Bk1 -10 to 27 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine and fine tubular pores; few fine soft masses of carbonate and carbonate threads; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary. Bk2 -27 to 60 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moist; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine and fine tubular pores; few fine soft masses of carbonate and carbonate threads; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline. Range in Characteristics Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 6 to 11 inches Depth to calcareous material: 3 to 10 inches A horizon: Hue -10YR Value -5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist Chroma -2 or 3 Texture of the fine -earth fraction —loam Fine -earth fraction -16 to 24 percent clay Reaction — neutral or slightly alkaline Bt horizon: Hue -10YR Value -5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist Chroma -2 to 4 Texture of the fine -earth fraction —clay loam, sandy clay loam, loam Fine -earth fraction -22 to 31 percent clay Reaction — neutral or slightly alkaline Bk or C horizon: Hue -10YR or 7.5YR Value -6 or 7 dry, 5 or 6 moist Chroma -3 or4 Texture of the fine -earth fraction —loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam Fine -earth fraction -21 to 32 percent clay Calcium carbonate equivalent -5 to 15 percent Reaction — moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline Ulmet Series Depth class: Very deep Drainage class: Well drained Permeability: Slow Landform: Plains Parent material: Alluvium Slope range: 1 to 3 percent Average annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches Average annual air temperature:48 to 50 degrees F Frost -free period:145 to 148 days Taxonomic classification: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs Typical Pedon Ulmet loam, in an area of Satanta -Ulmet foams, 1 to 3 percent slopes, about 105 feet south and 796 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 16, T. 11 S., R. 49 W.; USGS Big Spring Creek, Colorado, topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 5 minutes 50 seconds N. and long. 102 degrees 54 minutes 1 second W. A-0 to 4 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots; neutral; clear smooth boundary.