IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA127021
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1270021
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Tama_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0534
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56800
  • 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: 42.0333328
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1083298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 83N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 1080 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA127—Marshall
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA127—Marshall County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—104

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    7

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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02692; moist when described;
    1A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02693; moist when described;
    1BA—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02694; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230857; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230857
    1Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02695; moist when described;
    1Bt2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02696; moist when described;
    1Bt3—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02697; moist when described;. few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1BC—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few lime concretions concentrations