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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Otero County, Colorado <br />Ac—Apishapa clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 2tgyl <br />Elevation: 3,600 to 5,200 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 14 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 130 to 170 days <br />Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Apishapa, occasionally flooded, and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Apishapa, Occasionally Flooded <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains, flood -plain steps <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parentmaterial: Alluvium <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 10 inches: clay loam <br />Bkzg - 10 to 17 inches: silty clay <br />Bksszg - 17 to 26 inches: silty clay <br />Bkzg - 26 to 79 inches: clay <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Poorly drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to <br />moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 4 to 12 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: Occasional <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 10 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum in profile: 5 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Very slightly saline to moderately saline (2.0 to 15.0 <br />mmhos/cm) <br />Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 5.0 <br />Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 8.1 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6c <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D <br />Ecological site: Salt Meadow LRU's A& B (R069XY03000) <br />Hydric soil rating: Yes <br />11 <br />