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Table 1.
  Sand size fractionations for various sites.  The following data were obtained by the Soil and Plant lab at Brigham Young University.

Site

>1<2 mm Very coarse

>.5<1 mm Coarse

>.25<.5 mm Coarse

>.1<.25 mm Fine

>.05<.1 mm Very fine

Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

NNM-1

0.33

0.54

2.78

73.2

11.6

NNM-2

0

0.04

9.98

54.29

19.91

OP1

5.76

5.52

3.04

17.12

30.34

OP2

6.74

7.3

6.66

24.72

23.24

OP3

3.28

4.18

7.02

36.3

10.54

OP4

12.42

10.56

6.68

15.64

20.46

SNM1

17.22

19.1

14.74

16.5

8.48

SNM2

3.36

6.28

7.64

12.46

11.24

SNM3

19.16

14

9.08

12.36

11.98

SNM4

11.36

11.42

14.48

10.82

16.98

SNM5

17.42

13.38

9.96

12.86

11.4

California

 

 

 

 

 

CM-1

5.78

3.12

11.05

18.89

13.92

DV-1

4.44

3.14

2.96

20

36.38

EM-1

19.41

20.3

11.89

19.6

12.24

EM-2

0.82

0.75

8.16

48.41

18.38

EM-3

0

0

0

0

0

EM-4

18.61

19.86

15.07

17.31

10.98

FI-5

21.08

26.12

20.57

13.74

N/A

FI-6

29.42

28.49

11.59

7.57

N/A

JT-1

19.65

17.91

11.65

11.04

10.89

JT-2

7.86

12.51

30.69

7.32

23.18

SV-1

10.9

18.79

23.09

26.06

N/A

Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

CNM-1

0.05

0.4

15.59

53.48

12.29

CNM-2

0.2

0.33

4.31

43.03

16.12

Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

KB1 

0.2

1.18

1.18

4.36

30.28

ID1 

22.6

14.26

13.62

13.44

8.4

ID2 

1.7

9.06

23.6

17.64

10.44

ID3

2.94

6.46

6.76

11.88

14.40

ID4

10.76 13.06 12.52 12.92 8.28

Nevada

         

GB1

7.04

5.7

4.92

21.5

16.78

GB2

31.5

15.08

11.32

9.86

9.56

NV1

14.44

11.04

9.4

13.16

12.28

N. Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

CC-1

2

1.81

1.8

17.56

30.6

CC-2

10.27

5.22

4.34

9.91

19.59

CW

 

 

 

 

 

FB-1

0.48

0.43

0.85

22.84

16.49

FB-2

0.33

0.37

0.66

27.83

14.93

FB-3

0.38

0.26

0.49

16.57

25.09

HAF-1

0.39

0.61

3.02

11.17

16.62

HAF-2

1.19

0.81

1.01

10.77

18.77

JO-1

19.31

18.37

14.2

16.04

11.76

JO-2

0.38

6.42

16.46

24.45

15.18

SEV1

3.61

13.24

22.37

28.23

11.13

SEV2

0.65

3.6

16.3

24.31

20.62

SEV3

2.99

2.72

19.93

26.5

7.19

SEV4

4.21

5.4

13.32

16.69

14.05

SEV5

0.15

2.72

68.03

14.8

4.4

Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

OR1

0.9

1.06

1.36

11.34

13.72

Utah

 

 

 

 

 

ANP-1

0.22

0.54

3.08

23.1

21.15

CNP-1

0.01

0.11

3.53

50.85

16.77

CNP-2

0.02

0.32

8.11

53.78

15.65

CNP-3

0.02

0.08

2.41

60.3

17.97

H-1

1.22

2.43

3.95

13.9

6.69

NB-1

0.17

0.39

1.6

57.04

17.9

NB-2

0.24

0.013

25.01

50.08

11.43

SRS-1

0.19

0.21

16.33

61.1

8.12

SRS-2

0.16

0.77

10.68

19.09

17.68

SRS-3

0.12

0.76

13.86

46.61

24.53

DPG1

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

DPG2

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

DPG3

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

UB1

0.28

0.78

5.54

36.86

32.18

UB2

4.36

3.82

5.66

16.98

17.84

UB3

0.44

3.84

7.88

19.32

18.36

USPC1

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

WD1

0.44

0.06

0.16

4.94

26.74

ZNP-1

1.33

2.14

6.05

6.11

10.77

ZNP-2

0.01

0.37

32.76

54.03

6.17

ZNP-3

0.02

0.19

55.01

31.39

4.55

ND - not determinate value

N\A-  not applicable


Table 2.  Soil physical properties of various sites. The following data were obtained by the Soil and Plant lab at Brigham Young University.

Site

% Gravel

% Sand

% Silt

% Clay

% OM

pH

EC  (dS/m)

Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NNM-1

3.01

80

13.44

6.56

1.39

7.37

0.72

NNM-2

1.12

68

21.44

10.56

1.86

6.96

0.6

OP1

5.55

60.56

28.24

11.2

0.36

8.04

0.39

OP2

9.76

62.56

27.24

10.2

0.5

8.02

0.33

OP3

6.11

58.56

32.24

9.2

0.23

7.97

0.55

OP4

11.76

66.56

25.24

8.2

0.43

7.95

0.41

SNM1

8.69

76.56

13.88

9.56

0.41

7.71

0.8

SNM2

9.17

48.56

35.24

16.2

1.54

7.72

0.57

SNM3

16.31

69.84

17.96

12.2

0.64

7.08

0.34

SNM4

19.51

65.84

21.96

12.2

0.75

6.86

0.37

SNM5

19.68

64.56

24.44

11

1.06

7.98

0.76

California