IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TAMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IA103002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IA103002
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Tama_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35930
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 41.5466652
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4441681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 78N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: 50 feet east and 250 feet south of fence line, north of farm building, east side of the north south road 4-1/2 miles east and 1/2 mile south of Hills, Iowa.
  • 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

  • Describers Name: J. D. Highland, T. E. Penton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TAMA
  • PSC - 63 to 113 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1976 (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

    3

    223

    AP—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14089
    A3—22 to 36 centimeters (8.7 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14090
    B1—36 to 45 centimeters (14.2 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14091
    B21—45 to 63 centimeters (17.7 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3) coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14092
    B22T—63 to 85 centimeters (24.8 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3) coats on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14093. patchy - phpvsfiid 190488; patchy - phpvsfiid 190488
    B31T—85 to 131 centimeters (33.5 to 51.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds and coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14094. patchy - phpvsfiid 190489; patchy - phpvsfiid 190490; patchy - phpvsfiid 190489; patchy - phpvsfiid 190490
    B32T—131 to 163 centimeters (51.6 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14095. patchy - phpvsfiid 190491; patchy - phpvsfiid 190491
    C1—163 to 250 centimeters (64.2 to 98.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14096
    OL—250 to 315 centimeters (98.4 to 124.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14097
    OL—315 to 420 centimeters (124.0 to 165.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stony sandy loam; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14098
    OL—420 to 555 centimeters (165.4 to 218.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14099
    OL—555 to 585 centimeters (218.5 to 230.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14100
    580 to 585 centimeters (228.3 to 230.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14107
    DL—585 to 625 centimeters (230.3 to 246.1 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) and olive (5Y 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam, loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14101
    DL—625 to 660 centimeters (246.1 to 259.8 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14102
    DL—660 to 765 centimeters (259.8 to 301.2 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14103
    DL—765 to 793 centimeters (301.2 to 312.2 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14104
    DL—793 to 827 centimeters (312.2 to 325.6 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silty clay; 3 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14105
    DL—827 to 888 centimeters (325.6 to 349.6 inches); dark greenish gray (5BG 4/1) silty clay; 3 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14106