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Kittitas County Area, Washington <br />712—Malaga cobbly sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: 2l7m <br />Elevation: 500 to 1,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 6 to 9 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 48 to 50 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 135 to 195 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Malaga and similar soils: 80 percent <br />Minor components: 20 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Malaga <br />Setting <br />Landform: Terraces <br />Down-slope shape: Concave <br />Across-slope shape: Concave <br />Parent material: Glacial outwash <br />Typical profile <br />H1 - 0 to 4 inches: cobbly sandy loam <br />H2 - 4 to 9 inches: gravelly sandy loam <br />H3 - 9 to 12 inches: very gravelly sandy loam <br />H4 - 12 to 19 inches: extremely gravelly sandy loam <br />H5 - 19 to 60 inches: extremely gravelly coarse sand <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 3 to 15 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 15 to 28 inches to strongly contrasting textural <br />stratification <br />Natural drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to <br />high (0.57 to 1.98 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: 5 percent <br />Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 <br />mmhos/cm) <br />Available water storage in profile: Very low (about 1.6 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 4s <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: B <br />Ecological site: SANDY 6-10 PZ (R007XY501WA) <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />Custom Soil Resource Report <br />13 Index #10