IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974IA103005
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IA103005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2345
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37042
  • 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: 41.4802780
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4186096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 77N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 81 feet south and 1920 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 40 feet west of corner and 65 feet south
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA103—Johnson
  • 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: IA103—Johnson County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18378
    A12—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18379
    A13—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18380
    B1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18381
    Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18382
    B3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent thin light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18383
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; friable; 10 percent thin light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # 40A18384