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Home My WebLink About20021752.tiff Todd Hodges Design, LLC Soil Survey of Weld County, Colorado excerpt Published by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service In Cooperation with Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Issued September 1980 Soil Classification #32: Kim Loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes 3 percent slopes. This is a deep, 32---Kim loam. I toThe potential native vegetation is dominated by blue well drained soil on smooth plains and alluvial fans at lemma. Several mid grasses, such as western wheatgrasu elevations of 4.900 to 5,2110 feet, It formed in mixed eolian and neeelleandthread an slew present. Potential prtxlur- lrp+>sit and parent sediment from a wide variety of lion ranges from 1.600 pounds per acre in favorable years a-drock. Included in mapping are small areas of soils that to l,Oto pounds in id grasses years. range conditionb - Aire loamy sand underlying material, deteriorates, the mid grasses decrease; blue grania, buf- Typiryrlly the surface layer is brown and pale brown falograss. sproduced. yucca, and fringed sage increase; .um about 12 inches thick.The upper 28 inches of the un- and forage de the sitioa drops, llndeoonb a weeds and r . trying material is pale brown loam, The lower part to a ttuManagalii ementeofs vegetation te as range on this condition becomes pooresed r. :•pth of 60 inches is pale brown fine sandy loam, on taking half and leaing half of the total annualshould produe.Permeability is moderate. Available water capacity is lion. Seeding is desirable if the range is in poor condition. •o.gh. The effective rooting depth is 60 inches or more. Sideoats grams, little bluextem,western wheatgrass, blue -,.trfaev runoff is medium,and the erosion hazard is low. grama,pubescent wheatgrass,and crested wheatgrass are n>m- suitable for seeding. The grass selected should meet the In irrigated areas this soil is suited to all crops only grown in the area, including corn, sugar beets, seasonal requirements of livestock It can be seeded into vans.alfalfa,small grain,potatoes,and onions.An exam- firm`'lean, firm sorghum stubble, or it can be drilled into a r of a suitable cropping system is 3 to 4 years of alfalfa firm prepared seedbed. Seeding early in spring has 'llwee nd by corn,corn for silage,sugar beets,email grain, proven most successful r beans. Land leveling,ditch lining(fig.6),and installing µ'bs aks and environmental plantings of trees well l ..penes may be needed for proper water a shrubs ocommonly grown in the area are generally g applications. Milted w this soil. Cultivation to control competing All methods of irrigation are suitable, but furrow ir- gation is the most common. Barnyard manure and carp- poesibk should following continued for ar many years as ercial fertilizer are needed for top yields. havebk goodsurvival l planting.Trees y nt air juniper, r, ea and ern have survival are Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern In nnnirrigated areas this soil is suited to winter wheat, eary, and sorghum. Most of the acreage isplanted to hackliear,.Ponderosa spi beat,Siberian elm,skunk ,and hackhern•. The shrubs suited are sumac. •Inter wheat and is summer fallowed in alternate years lilac,Sihctian • allow moisture accumulation. Generally peashrub,and American y plum. .,low for beneficial use oP fertilizer. pr•rctpetatiem in Wildlife is an important secondary use of this soil. The Stubble mukh farming,u t'f ro i cropland areas provide favorable habitat for ring-necked pc pp ng,and minimum til- pheasant and mourning dove. Many nengame species can .e are needed to control soil blowing and water erosion. be attracted by establishing areas for nesting and escape .-rowing also may be needed to control water erosion. cover. For he p asarrts,undisturbed nesting rarer is casrn tial and should be included in plans for habitat develop- ment,especially in areas of intensive agriculture. Range land wildlife,for example,the pronghorn antelope•can he attracted by developing livestock watering facilities, managing livestock grazing,and reseeding where needed. This soil has good potential for urban and recreational development. Increased population growth in the survey area has resulted in increased homesite construction. The chief limiting soil feature for urban development and road construction is the limited capacity of this soil to support a load.Septic tank absorption fields function properly,but community sewage systems should be provided if the. Population density increases. Because of the perrnsability of the substratum, sewage lagoons must be sealed Lawns, shrubs, and trees grow well. Capability subclass Ile irrigated, IVe nonirrigaterl; Loamy Plains range site. sa fir:. o .- . . . . _.. 2002-1752 2412 Den h1' Court • Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 • (970) 207-0272 • fax: (561) EXHIBIT email: toddho gesdesign(a:earthliink.netI (All Todd Hodges Design, LL C Soil Survey of Weld County, Colorado excerpt Published by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service In Cooperation with Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Issued September 1980 Soil Classification #34: Kim loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes 31 Kim loam. Ito 9 percent slopes. This is a deep, can be drilled into a firm prepared seedbed. Plowing and well drained sail on plains and alluvial fans at elevations of 4.90(1 ii 5.250 feet It formed in mixed eolian depo-vita drilling on the contour minimize runoff and soil losses. and parent sediment from Ovule variety of bedrock. In• Seeding early in spring has provers most successful. Windbreaks and environmental plantings are generally eluded in mapping are small areas of soils that have µ•ell suited to this soil. Cultivation to control competing loamy s and underlying matenal' vegetation should be continued for as many years :is Typically the surface layer is brown and pale brown loam about lit inches shirk.The upper 25 inches of the un- possible following planting.Trees that are best suited and denying material is pale brown loam.The lower part to a have good survival are Rocky Mountain juniper, eastern nvicedar, ponderosa pine,Siberian elm, Russian-olive,and depth of fit)inches is pale brown fine sandy loam. l'crnseability i.. moderate. Available water capacity is hackberry. The shrubs best suited are skunkbush sumac. high. •the• effective rooting depth is tilt inches or more. lilac,Siberian peashrub,and American plum. Wildlife in an important secondary use of this soil. The Surfers-e runoff is salad, arid the erosion hazard is cropland areas provide favorable habitat for ring-necked moderate. and mourning dove. Many no me species can This soil is suited to limited cropping. Intensive pheasant ngaa Pe cropping is hazardous because of erosion. The cropping he attracted by establishing areas for nesting and escape system should I. limitedtoo such close grown crops ax a!- cover. For pheasants,undisturbed nesting cover is essen- falfa, wheat. and barley. This wail also is suited to ir- tial and should be included in plans for habitat develop rigatod pasturee. A suitable cropping system is 3 to .1 sort, especially in areas of intensive agriculture. Range years of alfalfa followed by 2 years of corn and small land wildlife, for example,the pronghorn antelope,can be grain and alfalfa needed with a nurse crop. attracted by developing livestock watering facilities. !'^ Close grown crops can he irrigated from closely spaced managing livestock grazing,and reseeding where needed contour ditches or sprinkler. Contour furrows or sprin- This soil has good potential for urban and recreational kkers should be us,-11 for new crops. Applications of development. Increased population growth in the same) nitrogen and phosphorus help in maintaining goat produce- area has resulted in increased homesite construction. The t inn. chief limiting soil feature for urban development and road The potential native vegetation is dominated by blue construction is the limited capacity of this soil to support grams. Sidenats grania, little hluestem, western wheat- a loud.Septic tank absorption fields function properly,but grass, and sedge are also prominent. Potential production 'ommunity sewage systems should be provided if the ranges from 1,800 pounds per acre in favorable years to population density increases. Because of the permeability 1.5410 pounds in unfavorable yearn. As range condition of the substratum, sewage lagoons must be sealers. deteriorates, the sidcoats grams and little hluestem !,;awns, shrubs, and trees grow well. Capability subclass decrease; forage production drops: and blue grams. huf f Ve irrigated. Vie nonirrigated; Loamy Plains range site. falograse, and several perennial forbs and shrubs in- crease. Undesirable weeds and annuals invade the site as range condition becomes poorer. Management of vegetation should be based on taking half and leaving half of the total annual production.Seed- ing is desirable if the range is in poor condition. Sideoats grams little bluesuern, western wheatgrass, and pu- bescent wheatgrass are suitable for seeding. The grass selected should meet the seasonal needs of livestock. It can he seeded into a clean, firm sorghum stubble, or it 2412 Denby Court • Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 • (970) 207-0272 • fax: (561)828-8059 email: toddhodgesdesignai eurthlin k.n et ' Todd Hodges Design, LLC Soil Survey of Weld County, Colorado excerpt Published by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service In Cooperation with Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Issued September 1980 Soil Classification #47: Olney fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes 47--Olney fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes. This is a deep, well drained soil on plains at elevations of tale years:•. is,. ,:sods .n 'nfavorahk• years. As range 4,600 to 5200 feet. It formed in mixed outwash deposits. condition,i-r'. -..�s. ;^e sand hluestcm,sand reedgrass. Included in mapping are small areas of soils that have a and swit.•h ':.s- ••--.7rease and blue grams,sand dropiecvl, dark surface layer. Some small leveled areas are also in- and sane ,-:,:. *. .:ice Annual weeds and grasses invade eluded. the site a:.ra•¢- •.s.'1:. :'•comes poorer. Typically the surface layer of this Olney soil is grayish ►Iar.atrerr'r' ? ''Iretatiern on this soil shoull be based brown fine sandy loam about 10 inches thick.The subsoil un t l.tre e:' ,r• .•z mg half of the total annual prNdue- is yellowish brown and very pale brown sandy clay loam tier 4"l '`rai if the range is in poor condition. `an't reedy-ass. awitehgness, sidenats about 14 inches thick. The substratum to a depth of Ell =`'' _'�'• meet tl inches is very pale brown,calcareous titre sandy loam. and pubescent wbeatp{rass are suila- Permeability and available water capacity am ''1` : rc ��` grass selected should meet o` livestock. }t can be seeded into moderate. The effective rooting depth is 60 inches or �•a�'t:o+ _"` '�'rt' ti.;.,•. :,--t; ...-,our.- r.uhhde. or it can be drilled into a more.Surface runoff is medium,and the erosion hazard is Seeding early in spring hue low. r to In irrigated areas this soil is suited to all crops corn- }� y + ga Ps .....,plow. - s:,. er..;rar m.ntal plantings are generally manly grown in the area, including corn, sugar beets, itcd t:• this -•,.. Soil rowing, the principal hazard in beans.alfalfa,small grain,potatoes,and onions.An exam- estanli-hieg tees.- and shrubs. can be controlled by cul- pie of a suitable cropping system is 3 to 4 years of alfalfa tivating „ni.. in the tree row and by leaving a strip of followed by corn,corn for silage,sugar beets,small grain, vegetation between the rows. Supplemental irrigation or beans. Land leveling, ditch lining, and installing may he needed at the time of planting and during dry pipelines may be needed for proper water application.All periods.Trees that ark,best suited and have good survival methods of irrigation are suitable,but furrow irrigation is are Rocky Mountain,jumper. eastern redcetar,pondercasa the most common. Barnyard manure and commercial fir- pine, Siberian elm• Russian-olive. and hackberry. The tilizer are needed for top yields. shruhs best suited are skunkbush sumac, lilac,and Siberi- In nonirrigateal areas this soil is suited to winter wheat, an peashrub. barley, and sorghum. Most of the acreage is planted to Wildlife is an important secondary use of this soil. The winter wheat. The predicted average yield is 2R bushels cropland areas provide favorable habitat for ring-necked per acre. The soil is summer fallowed in alternate years pheasant and mourning dove. Many nongame species can to allow moisture accumulation. Generally precipitation is be attracted by establishing areas fur nesting and escape too low for beneficial use of fertilizer. cover. For pheasants, undisturbed nesting cover is exam- Stubble mulch fanning,striperopping,and minimum tit- tial and should be included in plans for habitat develop- lage are needed to control soil blowing and water erosion. ment, especially in areas of intensive agriculture. Range- Terracing also may he neevied to control water erosion. land wildlife,for example.the pronghorn antelope.can he The potential native vegetation on this range site is atira red by developing livestock watering facilities, dominated by sand blue•stem, sand reerlgrass, and blue managing livestock grazing,and reseeding where needier'. grams. heedleandthread. switchgrass, sideoats grams, Rapid expansion of Greeley and the surrounding area and western wheatgrass are also prominent. Potential has resulted in urbanization of much of the Olney soil. production ranges from 2.'2tlet pounds per acre in favora- This soil has good potential for urban and recreational development. The only limiting feature is the moderately rapid permeability in the substratum, which causes a hazard of ground water contamination from sewage lagoons. Lawns, shrubs, and trees grow well. Capability subclass Ile irrigated, lVe nonirrigated: Sandy Plains range site. /"` 2412 Denby Court • Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 • (970) 207-0272 • fax: (561)828-8059 email: toddhodgesdesign(dearthlink.net Hello