IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA005012
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IA005012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IA005012
  • 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 # - X3-120B-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75159
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.2487251
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5065778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 200 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kristoff, Jim Marzke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • PSC - 46 to 96 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 - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1987
  • Classifier - Joe Kristoff
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: hill
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Joe Kristoff
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Joe Kristoff

    • 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: 10/23/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joe Kristoff
  • 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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    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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    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01834. neutral
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01835. neutral
    AB—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01836. neutral
    Bt1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01837. 10YR3/1 mixings; strongly acid; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105586; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105586
    Bt2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01838. strongly acid; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105587; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105587
    BC—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01839. medium acid
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01840. strongly acid