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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />KFB—Kimera-Fort loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes, dry <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 2rgs4 <br />Elevation: 3,800 to 5,500 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 10 to 12 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 54 degrees F <br />Frost -free period. 130 to 170 days <br />Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Kimera, dry, and similar soils: 45 percent <br />Fort, dry, and similar soils: 40 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Kimera, Dry <br />Setting <br />Landform: I me rfl uves <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Loamy eolian deposits and/or loamy alluvium derived from <br />sedimentary rock <br />Typical profile <br />Ap - 0 to 6 inches: loam <br />Bk1 - 6 to 17 inches: loam <br />Bk2 - 17 to 35 inches: loam <br />Bk3 - 35 to 79 inches: fine sandy loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 3 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Natural drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to <br />high (0.61 to 6.00 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 in profile: 30 percent <br />Gypsum, maximum in profile: 2 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Very slightly saline to slightly saline (2.0 to 4.0 <br />mmhos/cm) <br />Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 8.0 <br />Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 7.2 inches) <br />In <br />