IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA171032
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1710032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58243
  • 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: 42.0633316
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5997238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 520 feet south and 2440 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 - 2
  • 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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02591. (10YR 2/2) coats, about 10% (10YR 4/3) mixing.
    1BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02592. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220523; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220523
    1Bt1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02593. Discontinuous (10YR 8/1) silt coats.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220524; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220524
    1Bt2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02594. Discontinuous (10YR 7/1) silt coats.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220525; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220525
    1Bt3—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P02595. Discontinuous (10YR 7/1) silt coats.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220526; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220526
    2C1—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior stratified silt loam to stratified sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog.