LOCATION SALERATUS UT+WYEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Aquic Ustifluvents
TYPICAL PEDON: Saleratus loam - on a level slope in hayland. (Colors are for air-dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
A1--0 to 6 inches; dark-grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many medium and common fine and very fine roots; many fine and very fine intersitial pores; strongly calcareous; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); clear smooth boundary. (3 to 11 inches thick)
C1--6 to 17 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common medium, fine and very fine roots; common fine and very fine intersitial pores; strongly calcareous; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); clear smooth boundary. (6 to 43 inches thick)
A11--17 to 23 inches; dark brown (10YR 4/4) loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; weak medium subangular blocky and granular structure; hard, friable, slightly, sticky and slightly plastic; common medium, fine and very fine and very fine roots; common fine and very fine intersitial pores; strongly calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH8.4); gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches)
C2--23 to 45 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) dry; common medium faint and few medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few medium and fine roots; common fine and very fine intersitial pores; strongly calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 30 inches thick)
A12b--45 to 60 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very fine, sticky and plastic; few fine and very fine intersitial pores; strongly calcareous strongly alkaline (pH 8.6)
TYPE LOCATION: Rich County, Utah; about .5 miles south of Randolph; 2,300 feet north and1,700 feet east of the SW corner of section 32, T.11N., R.7E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Mean annual soil temperature ranges from 38 to 42 degrees F., and mean summer soil temperature ranges from 58 to 60 degrees F.
Depth to a seasonal water table ranges from 18 to 30 inches. These soils are saturated in some subhorzon for at least a few days that the soil temperature is above 41 degrees F.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 through 5 moist, and 4 through 6 dry, with chroma of 2 through 6 moist and dry. It is moderately to very strongly alkaline.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 through 6 moist, 5 through 7 dry, and chroma of 2 through 6 moist and dry. The C horizon is moderately alkaline to very strongly alkaline.
Some pedons lack a buried A horizon but where present it has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or 5YR, value of 4 through 6 moist, 5 through 7 dry, and chroma of 2 through 6 moist and dry. It is silt loam or silty clay loam.
COMPETING SERIES: This is the Hunting series, which has a mesic temperature regime series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Saleratus soils are on floodplains at elevations of 6,200 soils and 6,430 feet. Slope is 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 38 to 42 degrees F., and the mean summer temperature is about 59 to 62 degrees F. The average annual precipitation is about 9 to 11 inches. Freeze-free season is 55 to 65 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Nevaka, Hival, Cowco, Wader and Bear Lake soils. Nevaka and Bear Lake soils have a calcic horizon. Cowco soils are well drained and lacks characteristics of wetness within a depth of 40 inches. Wader soils have a mollic epipedon. Hival soils have a cambic horizon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained; slow or very slow runoff; slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used principally for hay cropland, pasture and rangeland. Vegetation is Kentucky bluegrass, winegrass, broadleaf sedges, hairgrass, saltgrass, greasewood, foxtail and rabbitbrush.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Saleratus soils are of moderate extent in northeastern Utah.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Rich County Utah, 1990
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
The superactive cation exchange activity class was added in 03/2003 to the taxonomic classification by the National Soil Survey Center on request of the Lakewood MLRA office, without review of the soil series property data. The remainder of this document has not been updated.
REMARKS: Last updated by state 4/80.
The superactive cation exchange activity class was added in 03/2003 to the taxonomic classification by the National Soil Survey Center on request of the Lakewood MLRA office, without review of the soil series property data. The remainder of this document has not been updated.