LOCATION TICELL                  MT

Established Series
Rev. WDB-JAL-EMM
01/2014

TICELL SERIES

The Ticell series consists of shallow, well drained soils that formed in alluvium or loess deposited over sandstone or residuum. These soils are on sedimentary plains and hills. Slopes are 0 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 17 inches and mean annual temperature is about 41 degrees F.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Lithic Calciustolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Ticell loam, cultivated (colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted).

Ap--0 to 6 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate fine and very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); abrupt wavy boundary. (5 to 8 inches thick)

Bk1--6 to 11 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) heavy silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; moderate medium prismatic structure parting to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and very fine roots; many fine and very fine pores; common soft masses of lime; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.3); clear wavy boundary. (4 to 7 inches thick)

Bk2--11 to 15 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and very fine roots; many fine and very fine pores; 5 percent sandstone fragments; common soft masses of lime; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.3); abrupt wavy boundary. (1 to 6 inches thick)

R--15 inches; indurated sandstone.

TYPE LOCATION: Cascade County, Montana; 800 feet west and 180 feet north of the center of sec. 28, T. 20 N., R. 3 E.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:

Soil temperature - 42 to 47 degrees F.
Moisture control section - between 4 and 12 inches or between 4 inches and the lithic contact if less than 12 inches.
Mollic epipedon thickness - 7 to 10 inches.
Depth to bedrock - 10 to 20 inches.
Depth to calcic horizon - 5 to 10 inches.

Ap horizon
Hue - 10YR or 2.5Y
Value - 4 or 5 dry; 2 or 3 moist
Chroma - 2 or 3, dry or moist
Texture - loam or silt loam
Clay content - 18 to 27 percent
Rock fragments - 0 to 30 percent gravel or channers
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 5 to 10 percent
Reaction - pH 7.4 to 8.4

Bk1 horizon
Hue - 10YR or 2.5Y
Value - 5, 6, 7 or 8 dry; 4, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma - 2, 3 or 4, dry or moist
Texture - silt loam or loam
Clay content - 18 to 27 percent
Rock fragments - 0 to 30 percent gravel or channers
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 15 to 30 percent
Reaction - pH 7.4 to 8.4

Bk2 horizon
Hue - 10YR or 2.5Y
Value - 6, 7 or 8 dry; 4, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma - 1, 2, 3 or 4, dry or moist
Texture - silt loam or loam
Clay content - 18 to 27 percent
Rock fragments - 0 to 30 percent gravel or channers
Calcium carbonate equivalent - 15 to 30 percent
Reaction - pH 7.4 to 8.4

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:

Landform - sedimentary plains and hills.
Elevation - 3,000 to 6,200 feet.
Slope - 0 to 35 percent.
Parent material - silty and loamy alluvium or loess deposited over sandstone or residuum.
Climate - long cold winters, moist springs and warm summers. Mean annual precipitation - 14 to 20 inches.
Mean annual temperature - 38 to 45 degrees F.
Frost-free period - 70 to 135 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: None listed.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; moderate permeability.

USE AND VEGETATION: Ticell soils are used mainly for dry farmed cropland and rangeland. Potential native vegetation is mainly western wheatgrass, needleandthread, blue grama, prairie junegrass, and Sandberg bluegrass.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Ticell soils are of moderate extent in central and northern Montana. MLRAs 43B, 46 and 58A.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana.

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cascade County, Montana, 1975.

REMARKS: Soil Interpretations Record: MT0034.

Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are
Mollic epipedon - the zone from the soil surface to 6 inches (Ap horizon)
Calcic horizon - the zone from 6 to 15 inches (Bk horizons)
Particle-size control section - the zone from 10 to 15 inches (part of Bk1 and Bk2 horizons).

Ticell soils have a frigid temperature regime and an ustic moisture regime.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.