LOCATION ALICEVILLE KS+MO OK

Established Series
MAA, SSC, MKP
09/2012

ALICEVILLE SERIES

The Aliceville series consists of deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in a thin mantle of loess and the underlying residuum weathered from limestone of Pennsylvanian age. These soils are on nearly level to gently sloping summits and shoulders, and side slopes on interfluves on plains in the Cherokee Prairies (MLRA 112). Slopes are 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 880 mm (35 in.). Mean annual temperature is 13 degrees C (55 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Aliceville silty clay loam, on a 3 percent convex, northeast-facing slope in a tame grass hay meadow. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap1--0 to 12 cm (0 to 5 in.); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/2) dry; moderate fine granular structure; friable; slightly acid (pH 6.4); abrupt smooth boundary.

Ap2--12 to 24 cm (5 to 9 in.); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/2) dry; moderate fine granular structure; friable; slightly acid (pH 6.5); abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the A horizon is 10 to 25 cm.)

AB--24 to 36 cm (9 to 14 in.); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/2) dry; weak fine prismatic parting to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid (pH 6.4); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 25 cm thick)

Bt1--36 to 58 cm (14 to 23 in.); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parting to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common distinct discontinuous dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; slightly acid (pH 6.3); clear smooth boundary.

Bt2--58 to 79 cm (23 to 31 in.); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many distinct discontinuous dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; redoximorphic concentrations in the form of 2 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses on faces of peds; slightly acid (pH 6.1); clear smooth boundary.

Bt3--79 to 110 cm (31 to 43 in.); red (2.5YR 4/6) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many distinct discontinuous brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; redoximorphic concentrations in the form of 5 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses on faces of peds, and 5 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese concretions in the matrix in the lower part of the horizon; slightly acid (pH 6.1); clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 32 to 128 cm.)

Btss--110 to 128 cm (43 to 50 in.); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium wedge parting to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; many distinct discontinuous dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds, common slickensides; redoximorphic concentrations in the form of 2 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses on faces of peds, and 2 percent fine distinct black (7.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; neutral (pH 7.2); abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 25 cm thick)

R--128 to 200 cm (50 to 80 in.); very strongly cemented limestone bedrock.

TYPE LOCATION: Coffey County, Kansas; about 5 kilometers (3 miles) east of Waverly; 425 meters (1400 feet) east and 150 meters (500 feet) south of the northwest corner of sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 17 E.; lat. 38 degrees 24 minutes 12.8 seconds N. and long. 95 degrees 32 minute 26.3 seconds W., NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to lithic contact (limestone) ranges from 100 to 150 cm (40 to 60 in.).
Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 25 to 50 cm (10 to 20 in.).
Depth to the argillic horizon ranges from 10 to 84 cm (4 to 33 in.), and the argillic horizon thickness ranges from 32 to 128 cm (13 to 50 in.).
Depth to slickensides (where present) ranges from 53 to 152 cm (21 to 60 in.).
Mean annual soil temperature ranges from 13 to 17 degrees C (56 to 62 degrees F).
Depth to redoximorphic concentrations ranges from 75 to 100 cm (30 to 40 in.).
Depth to episaturation: 75 to 100 cm (30 to 40 in.) intermittently from November through May.
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: 42 to 60 percent
Sand content: 2 to 14 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent limestone gravel and cobbles.

A horizon:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: silty clay loam or silt loam
Clay content: 26 to 34 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent limestone gravel
Reaction: moderately acid to slightly alkaline.

BA or AB horizon:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 1 to 4
Texture: silty clay loam, or silty clay
Clay content: 35 to 45 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 5 percent limestone gravel
Reaction: strongly acid to slightly alkaline.

Bt horizon and Btss (where present):
Hue: 2.5YR to 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: silty clay loam, silty clay, clay, gravelly silty clay, or very gravelly clay
Clay content: 36 to 70 percent
Rock fragments: 2 to 30 percent in the upper part and 5 to 60 percent in the lower part limestone gravel or cobbles
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral in the upper part and moderately acid to slightly alkaline in the lower part.

The R layer is hard fractured limestone bedrock that is tilted less than 20 degrees from horizontal.

COMPETING SERIES: These is the Wagstaff series in the same family. The Wagstaff soils have limestone bedrock at depths of 50 to 100 cm.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Aliceville soils are on nearly level to gently sloping summits, shoulders, and side slopes on interfuves on the plains in the Cherokee Prairies. Slopes are 0 to 8 percent. They formed in a thin mantle of loess and the underlying material weathered from limestone of Pennsylvanian age. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 880 mm to 1095 mm (35 to 43 in.) and is distributed throughout the year with May through July receiving the most precipitation usually during intense thunderstorms.. Mean annual air temperature ranges from 13 to 16 degrees C (55 to 62 degrees F).

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Barden, Kenoma, and Summit, series. All these soils are greater than 150 cm to bedrock and generally on the same landform as the Aliceville soils. Barden soils occur mostly in the eastern extent, Kenoma soils in the central extent and Summit soils in the southern extent of the series.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Moderately well drained; saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high in the upper part and moderately low in the lower part. A layer of episaturation occurs intermittently during periods of high rainfall in most years at depths greater than 75 cm, duration is long enough to create redoximorphic concentrations but not of sufficient duration to create redoximorphic depletions.

USE AND VEGETATION: Aliceville soils are used for cultivated small grains, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, and pasture. Some areas are used for range and are in native tall grass prairies.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Cherokee Prairies (MLRA 112) of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. The series is of moderate extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana

SERIES ESTABLISHED: 01/2008

REMARKS: These soils were formerly included in the Lula series in parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Diagnostic features and horizons recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon 0 to 36 cm (0 to 14 in.)
Argillic horizon 36 to 128 cm (14 to 50 in.)
Redoximorphic concentrations 58 to 128 cm (23 to 50 in.)
Slickensides 110 to 128 cm (43 to 50 in.)
Linear extensibility greater than 6.0 cm within 100 cm.
Lithic contact 128 cm (50 in.)
The mean annual soil temperature at the type location and in the northern range of this series is slightly less than the 15 degree C break for thermic soils. The MLRA 112 boundary crosses the mesic thermic areas and for classification MLRA 112 soils are considered thermic.
WAW 8/2009 Added to range in characteristics and updated competing series section.

ADDITIONAL DATA:
NSSL Laboratory sample 08N0030 (pedon 07KS031105) is from the type location. Other lab samples that support this series are: NSSL - 08N0024 (pedon S07OK147-110), 08N0031 (pedon S07KS207-106), 08N0032 (pedon S07KS037-107), 08N0033 (pedon S07KS099-108), 05N0815 (pedon S05KS-099-001), 07N0574 (07KS059101), and 07N0575 (pedon 07KS059104).

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.