IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IA043003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IA043003
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 105 - Deep Loess Soils - Glaciated Uplands - FY21 Proj
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X22-120-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75031
  • 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: 42.9284075
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2883515
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 94N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 25 feet north and 490 feet east of the southwest corner of NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA043—Clayton
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA043—Clayton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/2022
  • Classifier - Shaunna Repking
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    —

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    45

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00132603

    ELKADER 6 SSW, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; cloddy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00499
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00500
    E—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00501. heavy sil
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00502. lt sicl; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248770
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00503. lt sicl
    BC1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00504. heavy sil
    BC2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00505
    C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 22 percent clay; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU00506