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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />San Joaquin County, California <br />171—Hicksville loam, bedrock substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes, <br />occasionally flooded <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: hht8 <br />Elevation: 110 to 270 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 61 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 270 days <br />Farmland classification: Prime farmland if irrigated <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Hicksville 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 Hicksville <br />Setting <br />Landform: Stream terraces <br />Landform position (two-dimensional): Footslope <br />Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread <br />Down-slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Alluvium derived from mixed rock sources <br />Typical profile <br />A - 0 to 8 inches: loam <br />Bt - 8 to 26 inches: clay loam <br />2Bt - 26 to 44 inches: stratified very gravelly loamy sand to clay loam <br />R - 44 to 48 inches: weathered bedrock <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 2 to 5 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 40 to 60 inches to paralithic bedrock <br />Drainage class: Moderately well drained <br />Runoff class: High <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 <br />to 0.57 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: About 36 to 48 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: OccasionalNone <br />Frequency of ponding. None <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 6.4 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 2w <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4w <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br />Ecological site: R017XE103CA -LOAMY STREAM TERRACE <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />13 <br />