LOCATION WADER UTEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Wader loam - on a less than 1 percent slope in hay cropland. (When described the soil was moist. Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)
A1--0 to 11 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam, gray (10YR 5/1) dry; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many fine and very fine and few medium roots; many fine and very fine interstitial pores; strongly calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); abrupt smooth boundary. (10 to 17 inches thick.)
C1--11 to 19 inches; dark brown (10YR 4/3) loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; few fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and very fine roots; common fine and very fine interstitial pores; strongly calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 29 inches thick)
C2--19 to 36 inches; dark brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; few fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine and very fine roots; common fine and very fine interstitial pores; strongly calcareous; moderately alkaline pH 8.1); abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 34 inches thick)
IIC3--36 to 60 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; many coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; single grained; loose; slightly calcareous; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0)
TYPE LOCATION: Rich County, Utah, about 4 miles south and 1.5 miles east of Randolph; 2,800 feet south and 1,500 feet east of the NW corner of section 22, T. 10 N., R. 7 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to a seasonal water table ranges from 18 to 36 inches. The particle-size control section has 10 to 18 percent clay. The mean annual soil temperature ranges from 37 to 40 degrees F., and the mean summer soil temperature ranges from 58 to 61 degrees F. These soils are saturated in some subhorizons for at least a few days when the soil temperature is above 41 degrees F.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3 moist, 4 or 5 dry, and chroma of 1 through 3 moist and dry. It commonly is moderately alkaline but ranges to very strongly alkaline.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 through 5 moist and 5 or 6 dry, and chroma of 1 through 4 moist and dry. It commonly is loam or fine sandy loam, and less commonly silt loam. In some pedons there are thin stratified layers of sand and loamy coarse sand. The C horizon is moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline.
The IIC horizon is lacking in some pedons, but where present it has value of 5 or 6 dry, and chroma of 2 through 4 moist and dry. It is coarse sand or sand. Gravel ranges from 0 to 10 percent.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Pringle, Homelake, and Lander series in other families. Pringle soils have fragmental material at a depth of 19 to 25 inches. Homelake and Lander soils have more than 18 percent clay in the particle-size control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Wader soils are on floodplains along stream channels at elevations of 6,200 to 6,400 feet. Slope is 0 to 2 percent. The mean annual temperature is 38 to 42 degrees F., and the mean summer temperature is 59 to 62 degrees F. The average annual precipitation is 9 to 11 inches. Freeze-free season is 55 to 65 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Nevka, Bear Lake, Saleratus, and Rich soils. Nevka and Bear Lake soils have a calcic horizon. Saleratus soils do not have a mollic epipedon. Rich soils have a natric horizon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained; very slow or slow runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used mainly for hay cropland and pasture. Native vegetation is wiregrass, broadleaf sedge, foxtail, saltgrass, hairgrass, and greasewood.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Wader soils are of small extent in northeastern Utah.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Rich County, Utah, 1980.
OSED scanned by SSQA. Last revised by state 4/80.