IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105035
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984IA105035
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Tama_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-120-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74760
  • 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: 42.1643819
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1483508
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 85N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet south and 620 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA105—Jones
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA105—Jones County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • 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
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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: 10/22/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01479
    A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01480
    A2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01482. streaks and pockets of dark brown (10VR 3/3) in the lower part; slightly acid
    BA—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01484
    Bt1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01486
    Bt2—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01487
    Bt3—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01488
    BC—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01489
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01490. appears massive but has some vertical cleavage; medium acid