IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA097011
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IA097011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983IA097011
  • 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 # - X49-120B-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74651
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 42.0627431
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2561634
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 170 feet north and 260 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA097—Jackson
  • 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: IA097—Jackson County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - 51 to 101 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 Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/1983
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - crop row on bed or ridge
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty 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

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/31/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Air Photo ID: 85
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Extra Moisture Source: none
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

    grass/grasslike

    100

    overstory
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    —

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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

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00130608

    BELLEVUE L AND D 12, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01156
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01157. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248854; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248854
    BA—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; few very fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01158. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248855; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248855
    Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01159. some 10yr3/2 root channel fillings; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248856; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248857; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248856; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248857
    Bt2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats; black (N 2/), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01160. mottles are in the lower part; few N2/0 concretions; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248858; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248858; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248859
    Bt3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats; black (N 2/), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01161. few N2/0 concretions; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248860; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248861; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248860; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248861
    Bt4—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; black (N 2/), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01162. few N2/0 concretions; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248862; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248862