IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA075032
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0750032
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Tama_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58169
  • 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: 42.3583336
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7944412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 733 feet north and 168 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA075—Grundy
  • 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: IA075—Grundy County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kermit Voy, Shannon Gomes and Jim Sanner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • 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 - 12/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02160
    1A1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02161
    1AB—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P02162
    1Bt1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02163
    1Bt2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02164. Few (10YR 2/2) wormcasts. Few Mn nodules.
    1Bt3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02165. Few Mn nodules.; common fine faint 2.5Y42 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1BC—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Few Mn nodules.; many fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles