IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX227001
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX227001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0455
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59750
  • 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: 32.2666664
  • Std. Longitude: -101.5000000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Howard County, Texas.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX227—Howard

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Lane, Blackstock and Williamson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    686

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    225

    46

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    17

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    1Ap1—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02376. (7.5YR 6/4) spots of loamy fine sand, few fine spots of Bt material.; few fine and medium roots
    1BA—27 to 33 centimeters (10.6 to 13.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02377. Compacted layer.; few fine and medium roots
    1Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02378. few fine and medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 221906; continuous - phpvsfiid 221906
    1Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02379. few fine and medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 221907; continuous - phpvsfiid 221907
    1Bt3—69 to 98 centimeters (27.2 to 38.6 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02380. Few films and threads of CaCO3.; few fine and medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 221908; continuous - phpvsfiid 221908
    1Bt4—98 to 122 centimeters (38.6 to 48.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02381. Few films and threads of CaCO3; less CaCO3 than the Bt3 horizon.; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 221909; continuous - phpvsfiid 221909
    1Bt5—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02382. Few CaCO3, conc that range up to 15 mm.; few fine roots
    1Btk—140 to 287 centimeters (55.1 to 113.0 inches);, 60 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and 20 percent pink (5YR 8/3) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 87P02383