LOCATION TICE IL+IN MO

Established Series
Rev. JFS-LJB-JWS, RT
02/2011

TICE SERIES

The Tice series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained, moderately permeable soils formed in silty alluvium on flood plains. Slope gradients range from 0 to 4 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 12.2 degrees C (54 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 965 mm (38 inches).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Tice silty clay loam - on a nearly level slight rise in a cultivated field, at an elevation of about 142 meters (465 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 23 cm (0 to 9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure parting to weak medium granular; firm; common very fine roots throughout; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.

A--23 to 36 cm (9 to 14 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots throughout; few fine faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; neutral; clear smooth boundary. [Combined thickness of the A horizon is 25 to 61 cm (10 to 24 inches).]

BA--36 to 48 cm (14 to 19 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few very fine roots throughout; common distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic coatings on faces of peds; common fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; few fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in the matrix; neutral; clear smooth boundary. [0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches) thick]

Bw--48 to 89 cm (19 to 35 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few very fine roots throughout; common distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organo-clay films on faces of peds; many medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; few fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in the matrix; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.

Bg1--89 to 112 cm (35 to 44 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few very fine roots throughout; common distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic coatings on faces of peds; many medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary.

Bg2--112 to 155 cm (44 to 61 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; common distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic coatings on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.

Bg3--155 to 203 cm (61 to 80 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; common distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic coatings on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in the matrix; slightly acid. [Combined thickness of the B horizon is 38 to 165 cm (15 to 65 inches).]

TYPE LOCATION: Adams County, Illinois; about 2 miles south of Quincy; 1670 feet north and 990 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 22, T. 2 S., R. 9 W. USGS Quincy West topographic quadrangle, lat. 39 degrees 52 minutes 56 seconds N., and long. 91 degrees 25 minutes 7 seconds W.; NAD27.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of soil development: 76 cm to more than 203 cm (30 to more than 80 inches)
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 25 to 61 cm (10 to 24 inches0
Particle-size control section: averages between 22 and 35 percent clay and 0 to 15 percent sand.

Ap or A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3 (4 or 5 dry)
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silty clay loam or silt loam
Clay content: averages 22 to 35 percent
Reaction: slightly acid to slightly alkaline
Other features: The lower part of the A horizon has chroma of 3 in some pedons. Thin overwash of silty clay is recognized in some pedons.

Some pedons have an AB or BA horizon. It is silty clay loam or silt loam.

Bw or Bg horizon:
Hue: commonly 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: silty clay loam or silt loam
Clay content: averages 15 to 30 percent
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral
Other features: Some pedons are gleyed in the lower part and have hue of 5Y or chroma of 1, or both, at depths below 127 cm (50 inches).

BC or BCg horizon:
Hue: commonly 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: typically silty clay loam or silt loam, and can contain strata of loam, clay loam, or sandy loam.
Clay content: averages 15 to 30 percent, and sand content averages 5 to 40 percent.
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral

Cg or C horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y or 5Y
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: typically stratified silty clay loam, clay loam, loam, sandy loam, or silt loam. Some pedons have thin strata of fine sand.
Clay content: averages 10 to 30 percent and sand content averages 5 to 40 percent.
Reaction: strongly acid to slightly alkaline

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Fatima, Gilliam, and Radford series. Fatima soils have a seasonal high water table at depths below 2 feet. Gilliam soils have carbonates throughout the particle-size control section and do not have a B horizon. Radford soils contain a dark colored buried soil within a depth of 20 to 40 inches, and are less than 30 inches to the base of soil development.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tice soils are on broad rises on flood plains. Slope gradients range from 0 to 4 percent. Tice soils formed in silty alluvium, and are stratified with medium textured sediments in the BC and C horizons. Mean annual temperature varies from 46 to 57 degrees F, mean annual precipitation varies from 30 to 45 inches, frost free period ranges from 155 to 200 days, and elevation ranges from 340 feet to 1020 feet above sea level.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Allison, Beaucoup, Darwin, Gorham, Landes, Medway, Riley and Titus soils. Allison and Landes soils are better drained and are on higher positions on the flood plain. In addition, Allison soils are cumulic and Landes soils average more than 15 percent sand and less than 18 percent clay in the particle-size control section. The poorly drained Beaucoup, Darwin, Gorham, and Titus soils are on lower positions on the flood plain. In addition, Darwin and Titus soils average more than 35 percent clay in the particle-size control section, and Gorham soils average more than 40 percent sand in the lower part of series control section. Medway and Riley soils are on similar or slightly higher positions on the flood plain nearby and contain more than 15 percent fine sand or coarser in the particle-size control section.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. The potential for surface water runoff is low. Permeability is moderate. The apparent seasonal high water table is at a depth of 1.0 and 2.0 feet below the surface at some time between January and May in most years. Tice soils are rarely flooded or are
commonly flooded for very brief to long duration between November and June.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Tice soils are cultivated. Corn and soybeans are the principal crops. Some areas are in woodland. Native vegetation is mixed hardwoods and grasses.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central, northwestern, and southern Illinois. Tice soils are moderately extensive in MLRAs 108, 114, and 115, with more than 36,000 acres correlated.

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Menard County, Illinois, 1948.

REMARKS: Tice soils have previously been limited to silty clay loam in the particle-size control section. However, Tice soils are currently mapped that contain silt loam in the particle-size control section and contain more than 22 percent clay. There are no other somewhat poorly drained series between Tice and the coarse-silty Coffeen series, so the range of the Tice series, was widened to include silt loam textures.

Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: Mollic epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of approximately 14 inches (Ap and A horizons); Cambic horizon - the zone from approximately 19 to 80 inches (Bw and Bg horizons)

ADDITIONAL DATA: Particle size data are on file for several pedons of the Tice soils at the NRCS MLRA Office Region 11.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.