IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA171055
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1710055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59679
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: -92.5749969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet north and 175 feet east of the center
  • 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

  • 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 Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01966
    1Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01967
    1Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) 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 # 87P01968. Few fine red oxides.
    1Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01969. Few fine black and red oxides.
    1BC—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01970. Few fine black oxides.; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    2C1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Few fine red oxides.