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SOIL SURVEY

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-77-material and/or shallowness (often less than 2 meters) to bedrock . Considerabl yhigher than average coarse fragment contents and coarser textures may occur i nthe lower horizons of the shallow soils .Table 19 . Brief description of the pedon chosen to characterize the FL1 map unit .HorizonDepth(cm )L- F 6- 0Ae 0-4Bm 4-45Ckl 45-9 0Ck2 90-110+Moist ColorEst . CoarseFragments Textur e(%)very dark grayish brown ; slightly to wel ldecomposed needles and deciduous leavesvery pale brow nto pale brownbrownish yellow 45loamgravellysilt loampH(CaCI 2)5 . 5not sample d6 . 1very gravlightyellowish brown 70 elly coarse 7 . 2sandy loamvery gravlightyellowish brown 85 elly coarse 7 .4sandy loa mOrgani cMatter(%)3 . 1Degraded Eutric Bruniso lThe steep slopes which are generally associated with this map unit result i nsevere and very severe limitations for recreational and engineering uses .HO -Hoodoo Soilscape Grou pPhysiographic Setting (Figure 50 , page 85 )Members of this soilscape group occur on gently sloping fluvial fan sgenerally where they adjoin the fluvial floodplains of the larger rivers .Landform and Parent Material sThe Hoodoo soilscape group occurs on fluvial fans and aprons . Thematerials are calcareous, stratified, medium textured fan alluvium, containing fe wor no coarse fragments .

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