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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />San Joaquin County, California <br />200—Montpellier-Cometa complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />National map unit symbol: hhv6 <br />Elevation: 120 to 300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 16 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 61 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 260 to 275 days <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Montpellier and similar soils: 50 percent <br />Cometa and similar soils: 35 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. <br />Description of Montpellier <br />Setting <br />Landform: Fan remnants <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: Alluvium derived from granitic rock sources <br />Typical profile <br />A - 0 to 20 inches: coarse sandy loam <br />Bt - 20 to 43 inches: sandy clay loam <br />Bt - 43 to 55 inches: coarse sandy loam <br />Btq - 55 to 60 inches: sandy loam <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 5 to 8 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 40 to 60 inches to cemented horizon <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Runoff class: High <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very low (0.00 in/hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding. None <br />Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) <br />Available water capacity: Moderate (about 7.0 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability classification (irrigated): 3e <br />Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4e <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: C <br />Ecological site: R017XE106CA - LOAMY TERRACE <br />Hydric soil rating: No <br />13 <br />