IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980TX303003
  • User Pedon ID: 80TX303003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48303
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 33.6908340
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8211136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lubbock County, TX: 1 mi E on Farm Rd 1294 from intersection w/ US Hwy 87 297 meters S & 158 meters W in research plot.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acuff
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00014. common fine roots
    1A12—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak coarse platy, and structureless massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00015. few fine roots
    1B21t—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00016. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 229083; continuous - phpvsfiid 229083
    1B22t—57 to 81 centimeters (22.4 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00017. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 229084; continuous - phpvsfiid 229084
    1B23t—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00018. Few fine threads and soft masses whtie CaCO3.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 229085; patchy - phpvsfiid 229085
    1B24t—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00019. Common fine threads of white CaCO3.; patchy - phpvsfiid 229086; patchy - phpvsfiid 229086
    1B25tca—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00020. Few concretions up to 1 cm in diameter.
    1B26tca—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00021. Estimated 10 to 15 percent by volume white CaCO3, few large concretions.