Show It I t III Conservation Conservation- Notes b by W. W Karl Earl Sometime back we the soil solI conservation survey re report report report re- re port of or the servey ey which wa was s cond conducted last year on the Upper Sevier River niver Soil SoH Conservation I district t. t We have just re receive a this report for the Escalante Escalant River Soil Conservation It is brought out that the total tota l laud land area of the Escalante River five Soil Conservation district Is about U acres and anti teat mat only 9 acres are covered by 7 this survey sur This area However represents all of the land which is cultivated at nt the tho present time We Ve find that the growing season season season sea sea- son around Escalante is about days and has an average annual annual annual an an- nual precipitation of about 1176 inches June is almost always the tho driest mouth month an and August Is I usually the tho wettest month of the tho year car carThe The soils sons aroun around Es are alluvial in origin Almost all of ot the soils are arc deep and fertile ferUle The amou amount t of irrigation water available and not the tho sail ll con con- condition I Is the limiting g factor factor r inmost in inmost I most cases An int interesting feature feature feature feat feat- ure of the soil condition in Escalante Escalante Esca Esca- Escalante lante is that over a period of or years that the are area has been Irrigated ir irrigated irrigated Ir- Ir silly Irrigation water has gra gradually changed some of the thc lighter textured soil soU to a considerably considerably consid consid- I Heavier ier a texture Around Boulder the soil son is remarkably uniform It is universally universally uni uni- sandy II in iq nature Most of the tho soil at Doul Boulder er is a a residual residual ual and instead of al alluvial alluvial al- al as us at Escalante Stream cutting is a n serIous serious ser sor- ious pro problem lem at Escalante In places the tho cuts are from 25 to 30 feet deep The depleted watersheds watersheds watersheds water water- sheds above the tho farm lands resulting resulting re re- in floods bloods down the main some seme seme to be the cause for most of tho the back cutting Thero Thera Is only slight sheet erosion erosion erosion ero ero- sion on most of or the farms at Escalante and Boulder Doulder The Tho land use capability classifIcation classification classi classi- is the tho ond end result of or making making mak mak- ing lug this survey Seven of the eight recognized nationally-recognized classes are recognized on the survey ot at this area Classes which are mapped mapped map map- ped In the area area are as follows 1 I. No special practices II Simple practices III Intensive practices These lands are suitable for cultivation Lands suitable for occasional or limited use and intensive prat tices Is Class IV IY Lands LantIs not suitable for cultivation cultivation but as land suitable for permanent vegetation includes s class VI with moderate J l l lions Hom in use se Class VII with severe restrictions In use Class VIII land includes extremely extremely ex ex- rough sandy wet wot or amid ardd lands not suitable for cultivation cul- cul grazing or forestry butland but butland land that may may have value for tor torl wild life laic |