IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964IL137001
  • User Pedon ID: 1964IL137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 64IL137001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20559
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.7412068
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0954103
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 835 feet E & 700 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: 835FT E of SW corner of Sec.15,then N 700FT to Tama profile
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL137—Morgan
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL137—Morgan County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, JDA, BWR, ECAR, REB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19524
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19525
    Bt1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19526
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19527
    Bt3—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19528
    Bt4—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19529
    Bt5—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19530
    Bt6—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19531
    C—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL19532