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22 SOIL SURVEY <br />Figure 8.— Landscape of the Wages-Eckley-Dix complex. <br />Typical profile of a Wages loam in pasture of native <br />grass (1,S50 feet west, 225 feet south of the northeast <br />corner of section 17, T. 7 \.,R.47 W.) : <br />A -0 to 5 inches, grayish- brown (10YR 5/2) loam, very dark <br />grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; weak, fine, <br />granular structure ; soft when clry, very friable when <br />moist ; noncalcareous ; pH 7.4 ; clear, smooth <br />boundary. <br />B2t -5 to 14 inches. dark grayish - brown (10YR 4/2) clay lows, <br />very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; <br />moderate, medium, prismatic structure that breaks to <br />moderate, medium, subangular blocky; slightly hard <br />when dry, friable when moist ; noncalcareous ; pH <br />7.6 ; very thin. nearly continuous clay films ; 5 per- <br />cent fine gravel; clear, smooth boundary. <br />B3ca -14 to 16 inches, light brownish -gray (10YR 6/2) clay <br />loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) when moist; <br />moderate, medium, prismatic structure that breaks to <br />weak, medium, subangular blocky ; slightly hard <br />when dry, friable when moist; strongly calcareous; <br />pH 8.0 ; 5 percent fine gravel ; clear, smooth boundary. <br />Clca -16 to 2-1 inches, light brownish -gray (10YR 6/2) loam, <br />dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) when moist; massive <br />(structureless) to weak, coarse. subangular blocky <br />structure; hard when dry, friable when moist; very <br />strongly calcareous : pII 8.2 ; krotovinas of very dark <br />grayish brown (10YR 3/2) when moist; 5 to 10 per- <br />cent tine gravel ; gradual boundary. <br />IIC2 -24 to 60 inches, light - brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly <br />loam, dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) when moist; mate <br />(structureless) ; soft when dry, very friable wh <br />moist ; noncaleareous ; pH 8.2. <br />The A horizon ranges from 3 to 7 inches in thickness, and <br />is loam or gravelly loam. In many areas the surface IS cov <br />with pebbles as much as about 3 inches in diameter. <br />The B2t horizon is 6 to 15 inches thick, and it is more compa <br />and darker in the upper part than in the lower. Depth to lay <br />of accumulated lime ranges from 9 to 20 inches, and <br />to the underlying gravelly material is 20 to 40 inches. <br />Wages soils have a less clayey subsoil than occurs in Ricer <br />field or Piatner soils. Wages soils have more gravel but are le* <br />sandy than Ascalon soils. <br />Wages - Campus -Weld loams, 0 to 3 percent slop <br />(WcB) are in a broad area near the northeastern corner of <br />the county. These soils are so closely associated that it ?s <br />not practical to map them separately. About 50 percent of <br />the complex is Wages soil, 25 percent is Campus soil, iitt <br />15 percent is Weld soil. Wages and Campus soils are on the <br />side slopes, and Weld soil is on the convex ridgetops. Each <br />kind of soil has a profile similar to the one described as <br />typical for its series. <br />Inchuled. with these soils were small areas of Richfield <br />soil that make up about 10 percent of the area maple <br />The included areas are closely associated with Campus <br />