IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA171031
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1710031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0437
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58242
  • 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: 42.0633316
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5999985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 535 feet south and 2540 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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 Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02586
    1AB—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02587
    1Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02588. Few worm holes.; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220519
    1Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02589. Discontinuous (10YR 7/1) silt coats.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220520
    1Bt3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02590. Discontinuous (10YR 7/1) silt coats. Mottles are in the lower part.; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220521
    1BC—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Discontinuous (10YR 7/1) silt coats.; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220522
    2C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog.