IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981TX227003
  • User Pedon ID: 81TX227003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49201
  • 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: 32.2700005
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4919434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Howard County, TX: 175 feet E of US Hwy 87, .45 mi N of intersection with Interstate Hwy 20 at Big Spring.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX227—Howard

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.M. Thompson, D. blackstock and F. Pringle.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01876. few fine roots
    1B21t—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01877. few clay films surface features; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214919; patchy - phpvsfiid 214919
    1B22t—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01878. common clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1B23t—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 81P01879. few lime concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1B24t—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01880. few lime concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1B25tca—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 81P01881. 25 percent of the soil mass consists of threads, films and soft concretions of calcium carbonate.; few clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 214923; patchy - phpvsfiid 214923
    1B26tca—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P01882. About 30 percent of the soil mass consists of threads, films, and soft concretions of calcium carbonate.; few clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 214924; patchy - phpvsfiid 214924