LOCATION ALICE NE+MT SD WYEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Alice fine sandy loam - irrigated cropland. (Colors for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; slightly alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 10 inches thick)
A--9 to 13 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (2 to 10 inches thick)
Bw--13 to 26 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable; slightly alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (7 to 22 inches thick)
Bk--26 to 43 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sandy loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) moist; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, friable; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline; gradual smooth boundary. (6 to 18 inches thick)
C1--43 to 57 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; massive; soft, friable; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline; gradual smooth boundary.
C2--57 to 60 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) very fine sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; massive; slightly hard, friable; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska; about 1 mile north and 3 1/2 miles east of Mitchell; 2260 feet east and 150 feet north, southwest corner, sec. 17, T. 23 N., R. 55 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is Aridic moisture regime bordering on Ustic.
Mean annual soil temperature: 46 to 54 degrees F
Depth to secondary calcium carbonate: 18 to 38 inches
Depth to cambic horizon: 7 to 20 inches
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 through 6and 2or 3 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: loamy fine sand,fine sandy loam,or very fine sandy loam
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline
Bw horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 6 throught 8 and 5 or 6 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4
Texture: fine sandy loam,loamy very fine sand,very fine sandy loam
Clay content: 7 to 18 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline
Bk horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 6 throught 8 and 5 or 6 moist
Chroma: 2 throughy 4
Texture: fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand, sandy loam, very fine sandy loam
Clay content: 5 to 18 percent
Reaction: mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline
C horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 6 or 7, 4 through 6 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4
Texture: fine sandy loam but the range includes loamy fine sand ,sandy loam, loamy very fine sand,
and very fine sandy loam, coarser texture are below 40 inches in some pedons
Clay content: 5 to 15 percent
Reaction: mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline
COMPETING SERIES:
Busher: do not have a layer of carbonate accumulation and have sandstone at depths between 40 and 60 inches
Chappell: are underlain by sand and gravel within a depth of 40 inches
Creighton: have formed in very fine sandy loam or loam materials with less than 35 percent fine sand or coarser
Jayem: are leached of carbonates to depths greater than 40 inches
Lexsworth: are moderately well drained and on flood plains
Phiferson: have a paralithic contact at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: moderately coarse textured material that is mainly alluvium but may include some eolian sands and loess
Landform: hills, nearly level terraces, and on terrace breaks along the major streams
Slopes: 0 to 6 percent
Elevation: 3000 to 5500 feet
Mean annual temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches
Frost-free period: 120 to 150 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Broadwater: are sandy
Bayard: lack cambic horizons and contain free carbonates throughout most of the profile
Chappell: are underlain by sand and gravel within a depth of 40 inches
Dailey: are sandy
Duroc: are fine silty
Jayem: are leached of carbonates to depths greater than 40 inches
Scoville: are sandy throughout the particle size control section and are on similiar landscape positions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage: well
Permeability: moderately rapid
Surface runoff: low or medium
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are irrigated; corn, field beans, potatoes, sugar beets, and alfalfa are the most commonly produced crops. The native vegetation was a mixture of short, mid, and tall grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western Nebraska, western South Dakota, eastern Montana, and eastern Wyoming. The soil is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Denver, Colorado
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Butte County, South Dakota, 1970.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and other features recognized in this pedon:
Mollic epipedon: the zone from 0 to 13 inches (Ap and A horizon)
Cambic horizon: the zone from 13 to 26 inches (Bw horizon)
The Alice soils were formerly included with the Parshall series.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
ALICE SERIES
LRR=G
DATE: 03/04/98
03/04/98 Series updated for Platte Co., WY final correlation
04/17/00 OSD was reformatted for use in Deuel County, NE final correlation