IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA075042
  • User Pedon ID: 86IA0750042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0340
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59635
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.3536110
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7897186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 340 feet south and 629 feet west of the northeast 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 Games, Jim Sanner
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1986
  • 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: 12/1/1986 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01716
    1BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01717. (10YR 4/3) mixings.; few coats surface features
    1Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01718. Few (10YR 3/3) clay flows.
    1Bt2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01719. few clay films surface features
    1Bt3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01720. common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1BC—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    1C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles