1927 1999
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MAIL STATION DRAW
General Description: This site is approximately 1 mile up Mail Station
Draw from where it joins Hatch Wash. The view is northeast across public land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
Soils: This deep valley bottom soil is classified as Redbank fine sandy
loam. It is generally a reddish yellow and often exceeds depths of 60 inches.
Permeability is moderately rapid with medium water supplying capacity. This
particular site tends to be somewhat sodic.
Precipitation: Average annual precipitation at this location ranges from
10 to 12 inches.
Legal Description: SW1/4SW1/4 Section 3 T.30S., R.23E.
COMPARISON: It is obvious that this mixed sagebrush/greasewood community
has recovered health and vigor since 1927. The result is a much improved
protective ground cover. Interspaces do contain exotic annual species such as
cheatgrass, Russian thistle, and storksbill, but there are also good populations
of native species as well. Native grasses include curlygrass, squirreltail and
blue grama. Some other species present include pricklypear cactus, snakeweed,
rabbitbrush, with juniper and skunkbush near the far slickrock outcrop. Mail
Station Draw has a single ephemeral uncut channel.
Original:
Date: May 15, 1927 (- A)
Photographer: M.I. Goldman
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Photograph Number: Goldman No. 331
Retake:
Date: May 10, 1999 (- B)
Photographer: Earl Hindley
Source: San Juan County
