IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA171056
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1710056
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59680
  • 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: -92.5752792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet north and 200 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 - 13 to 63 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01971. (10YR 4/3) mixings.
    1Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01972. Krotovina at 18 to 23 cm.
    1Bt2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 26 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01973. few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Bt3—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01974. Few fine black oxides.
    1Bt4—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01975. Few fine black oxides.
    1C1—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Few fine black oxides.; few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    2C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog.