IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983WI043036
  • User Pedon ID: S1983WI043036
  • User Site Association ID: Loamy-Silty Uplands (MN, IA, WI) DSP Project 2021-2024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54557
  • 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: 42.8140733
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9765173
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 230 feet south and 660 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI043—Grant
  • 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: WI043—Grant County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Omernik
  • 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: PedonPC 6.0B
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1983
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • 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 - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1983
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • 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: Peoria silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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: 5/12/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dave Omernik
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

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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

    2

    112

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    00474546

    LANCASTER 4 WSW, WI US

    NOAA

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very thick subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01636
    BA—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. This moist was FR to FI
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine pores; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. The second structure had a (?) after it; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1313862; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313861; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1313862; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313861
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very fine pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, pressure faces; worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1313863; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313864; continuous - phpvsfiid 1313863; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313864
    Bt3—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; very fine pores; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1313865; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313866; continuous - phpvsfiid 1313865; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313866
    Bt4—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; very fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1313867; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313868; continuous - phpvsfiid 1313867; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313868
    BC—99 to 147 centimeters (39.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist,; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Spots and diffuse; continuous - phpvsfiid 1313869; continuous - phpvsfiid 1313869
    C—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. spots,streaks,diffuse and clear