IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA171054
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1710054
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0383
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59678
  • 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: 42.0611115
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5333328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet north and 1500 feet east of the center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA171—Tama
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 38 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01961
    1AB—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01962
    1Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01963. Few fine black oxides.
    1Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01964. Few fine black oxides.
    1BC—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01965
    1C1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 24 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Sand lense at 124 to 130 cm.
    2C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Few fine red oxides.