LOCATION TICESKA IDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplodurids
TYPICAL PEDON: Ticeska very fine sandy loam on a 3 percent slightly convex northwest facing slope at an elevation of 3,320 feet in irrigated cropland. When described on November 10, 1986, the soil profile was moist throughout. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
Ap1--0 to 6 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine and few medium and coarse roots; few very fine, fine, and medium irregular pores; about 5 percent pebbles; slightly effervescent (5 percent calcium carbonate equivalent); moderately alkaline (pH 8.1); clear wavy boundary. (2 to 9 inches thick)
Ap2--6 to 13 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak very fine, fine, and medium subangular block structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine, and few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine, and few very fine tubular pores; about 5 percent pebbles; strongly effervescent (5 percent calcium carbonate equivalent); moderately alkaline (pH 8.3); gradual wavy boundary. (5 to 8 inches thick)
Bk1--13 to 17 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine and few medium roots; common very fine and fine irregular and tubular pores; about 5 percent pebbles; strongly effervescent (30 percent calcium carbonate equivalent); moderately alkaline (pH 8.1); clear wavy boundary. (2 to 7 inches thick)
Bk2--17 to 21 inches; very pale brown (10YR 8/3) fine sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine and few medium roots; many very fine, fine, and medium irregular pores; about 10 percent pebbles; violently effervescent (30 percent calcium carbonate equivalent); moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear wavy boundary.
Bkq--21 to 26 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) cobbly fine sandy loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) moist; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine and fine, and few medium roots; few very fine tubular pores; about 10 percent pebbles and 20 percent cobbles; about 5 percent pebble sized duripan fragments; rock fragments have silica-lime coatings on all surfaces 1 to 2 mm thick; violently effervescent (35 percent calcium carbonate equivalent); strongly alkaline (pH 8.5); abrupt wavy boundary. (4 to 11 inches thick)
Bkqm--26 to 39 inches; very pale brown (10YR 8/3) indurated duripan, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moist; continuous lime-silica cemented laminar cap less than 3mm thick; few very fine roots matted on top of the laminar cap; laminar caps are spaced from 1 to 3 inches and the material between caps is strongly cemented to indurated; in areas the laminar cap is fractured with the fractures being from 5 to 20 inches apart; about 20 percent cobbles and 10 percent pebbles are cemented in place in the duripan; violently effervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. (1 to 15 inches thick)
2R--39 inches; fractured basalt with lime and silica coating on top and in the fractures of the basalt.
TYPE LOCATION: Gooding, County, Idaho; about 1 mile south and 2.75 miles west of Wendell; 670 feet west, 60 feet north of the southeast corner of section 36, T.7 S., R.14E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Average annual soil temperature - 50 to 53 degrees F.
Depth to duripan - 22 to 31 inches
Depth to bedrock - 23 to 40 inches
A horizons
Value - 5 through 7 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma - 2 through 4 dry or moist
Bk horizons
Value - 6 through 8 dry, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma - 3 or 4 dry or moist
Texture - SIL, VFSL, FSL
Clay content - 13 to 18 percent
Rock fragments - 0 to 10 percent
Calcium carbonate content - 10 to 30 percent
Reaction - slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline
Bkq horizon
Value - 7 or 8 dry, 6 or 7 moist
Chroma - 3 or 4 dry or moist
Texture - CB-SIL, CB-L, CB-FSL
Clay content - 12 to 18 percent
Rock fragments - 5 to 10 percent pebbles, 10 to 20 percent cobbles Calcium carbonate content - 15 to 40 percent
Reaction - moderately alkaline to strongly alkaline
Bkqm horizon
Thickness of laminar caps - 1 to 3 mm
Cementation of material between caps - strong to indurated
Distance between caps - 1 to 3 inches
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Doel, Jestrick (T), Oupico, Prinville, Shalake, Skull Creek, Tauncal, and Taunton series. Doel, Oupico, Prinville, Shalake, Skull Creek, Tauncal, and Taunton soils all lack bedrock within 40 inches. Jestrick soils are somewhat excessively drained and have moderate rapid permeability and are noncalcareous above 7 to 15 inches. Tauncal soils also lack a calcic horizon.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Ticeska soils occur on basalt plains. Slopes range from 1 to 12 percent. Elevation ranges from 3,200 to 3,600 feet. The Ticeska soils formed in alluvium with eolian influence. The average annual precipitation ranges from 9 to 11 inches, most of which falls as snow and early spring rain. The average annual air temperature ranges from 48 to 51 degrees F. The frost-free season ranges from 100 to 120 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the (t) Fathom, (t) Harsan, Kecko, Portneuf, Quincy, the competing Taunton, the competing (t) Jestrick, (t) Wako, and the (t) Wendell soils. Harsan, Wako, and the Wendell soils have argillic horizons. Quincy soils have sandy particle size control sections. All of these soils occur on basalt plains near the Ticeska soil.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to medium runoff; and moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for irrigated cropland. Crops include barley, wheat, potatoes, beans, sugar beets, corn, and hayland. Small areas are used for rangeland. Vegetation consists of Wyoming big sagebrush and bluebunch wheatgrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Ticeska soils are inextensive in south central Idaho.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Portland, Oregon
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Gooding, County, Idaho 1993.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - zone from the soil surface to 13 inches (Ap1 and Ap2 horizons)
Calcic horizon - zone from about 13 to 26 inches ( Bk1, Bk2, and the 2Bkq horizons)
Duripan - zone from 26 to 39 inches (Bkqm horizon)
Particle-size control section - 13 to 26 inches (Bk1, Bk2, and Bkq horizons)