IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA171022
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1710022
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Tama_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56175
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 42.1408348
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5808334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 85N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet south and 300 feet east of the center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA171—Tama
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA171—Tama County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 18 to 69 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-calcareous and/or till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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—18

    18—84

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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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02233
    1Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02234
    1Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02235. continuous - phpvsfiid 230793; continuous - phpvsfiid 230793
    1Bt3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02236. continuous - phpvsfiid 230794; continuous - phpvsfiid 230794
    1Bt4—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02237. continuous - phpvsfiid 230795; continuous - phpvsfiid 230795
    1BC—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02238. Sand lenses at 87 to 97 cm.; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    2C—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent fine iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few fine iron concretions concentrations; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles