LOCATION LICKCREEK IN

Established Series
Rev. GRS-TJE
11/2021

LICKCREEK SERIES

The Lickcreek series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvium and the underlying loamy and gravelly outwash. Lickcreek soils are on high flood-plain steps. Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 991 mm (39 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 11.1 degrees C (52 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiudolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Lickcreek silt loam, on a 0.5 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of 261 meters (855 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 25 cm (10 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; weak medium granular structure; friable; few fine roots; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.

A--25 to 48 cm (10 to 19 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate fine granular structure; friable; few fine roots; neutral; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the A horizon is 25 to 51 cm (10 to 20 inches).]

Bt1--48 to 69 cm (19 to 27 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common very fine and fine tubular pores; common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; common distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic coatings on faces of peds and in pores; neutral; clear wavy boundary. [0 to 30 cm (12 inches) thick]

2Bt2--69 to 99 cm (27 to 39 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common very fine and fine tubular pores; common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent gravel; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.

2Bt3--99 to 122 cm (39 to 48 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine interstitial pores; common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 16 percent gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary.

2Bt4--122 to 137 cm (48 to 54 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the 2Bt horizon is 30 to 91 cm (12 to 36 inches).]

2C--137 to 203 cm (54 to 80 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 50 percent gravel; slightly effervescent; slightly alkaline.

TYPE LOCATION: Delaware County, Indiana; about 1 mile northeast of Wheeling; 1,725 feet south and 1,200 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 12, T. 22 N., R. 9 E.; USGS Wheeling, Ind. topographic quadrangle; lat. 40 degrees 22 minutes 27 seconds N. and long. 085 degrees 26 minutes 55 seconds W., NAD 27; UTM Zone 16, 631705 easting and 4470448 northing, NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 25 to 51 cm (10 to 20 inches)
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 76 to 152 cm (30 to 60 inches)
Depth to the base of soil development: 102 to 178 cm (40 to 70 inches)
Depth to carbonates: 102 to 178 cm (40 to 70 inches)

Ap or A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: silt loam or loam
Clay content: 15 to 26 percent
Sand content: 10 to 50 percent
Rock fragment content: 0 to 7 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral

Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: silty clay loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Clay content: 18 to 34 percent
Sand content: 15 to 50 percent
Rock fragment content: 0 to 10 percent
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral

2Bt or 2BCt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy loam, or the gravelly analogs of these textures
Clay content: 15 to 30 percent
Sand content: 25 to 70 percent
Rock fragment content: 3 to 34 percent
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral

2C horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: very gravelly or gravelly analogs of sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, or loamy coarse sand
Clay content: 7 to 15 percent
Sand content: 55 to 85 percent
Rock fragment content: 15 to 59 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Hochheim, La Rose, Linkville, Markesan, Plattville, Rotamer, Wea, and Wyanet series. Hochheim, La Rose, Markesan, and Rotamer soils are less than 76 cm (30 inches) to the base of the argillic horizon. Linkville and Wea soils have less than 7 percent clay in the lower part of the series control section, where the substratum is within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches). Plattville soils have a lithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches). Wyanet soils have carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches).

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Lickcreek soils are on high flood-plain steps. Slope ranges from 0 to 3 percent. The soils formed in alluvium and in the underlying loamy and gravelly outwash in areas of Wisconsinan glaciation. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 914 to 1092 mm (36 to 43 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 8.9 to 12.2 degrees C (48 to 54 degrees F). Frost-free period is 150 to 180 days. Elevation is 183 to 274 meters (600 to 899 feet) above mean sea level.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Eldean, Fox, Gessie, Lash, Ross, and Sloan soils. The well drained Eldean and Fox soils are on higher lying terraces. The well drained Gessie, Lash, and Ross soils are on slightly lower lying flood-plain steps and natural levees. The very poorly drained Sloan soils are in lower lying flood plain channels.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. Potential for surface water runoff is negligible to low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high in the subsoil and high or very high in the underlying material. Permeability is moderately rapid in the subsoil and rapid in the underlying material.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used to grow corn, soybeans, and small grain, mostly wheat. A few areas are used for hay and pasture. Native vegetation is deciduous forest.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 111B in east-central Indiana. The series is of small extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Delaware County, Indiana, 1997.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 48 cm (Ap, A horizons).
Argillic horizon: from a depth of 48 to 137 cm (Bt, 2Bt horizons).

These soils were previously correlated as flooded phases of the Belmore series.

A representative data mapunit for this soil is DMU ID 123733 in MO 11.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.