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Map Unit Description: Tecolote very cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, <br />very stony —Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las <br />Animas Counties <br />Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano <br />and Las Animas Counties <br />TeE— Tecolote very cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, <br />very stony <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Landscape: Foothills <br />Elevation: 7,000 to 8,200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 17 to 22 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 42 to 46 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 70 to 100 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Tecolote and similar soils. 90 percent <br />Minor components: 10 percent <br />Description of Tecolote <br />Setting <br />Landform: Fans <br />Landform position (two - dimensional): Footslope, backslope <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Rise <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Colluvium and alluvium derived from sandstone <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 15 percent <br />Surface area covered with cobbles, stones or boulders: 5.0 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 high to high (0.60 to 2.00 in /hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of Hooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos /cm) <br />Available water capacity: Low (about 4.7 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group. B <br />Ecological site: Pinus ponderosa/Festuca arizonica- Danthonia parryi <br />(F048AY010NM) <br />Other vegetative cJassfcation: ponderosa pinetmountain muhly <br />(Pipo/Mumo) <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 1 inches: Slightly decomposed plant material <br />1 to 5 inches. Very cobbly sandy loam <br />5 to 15 inches: Very cobbly sandy loam <br />Stonewall #1 <br />Natural Resources Web Soil Survey 3/25/2013 <br />Conservation Service National Cooperative Sal Surrey Page 1 of 2 <br />