IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX227001A
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX227001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59751
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: South 25 feet in west traffic lane of site.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX227—Howard

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Lane Williamson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02384
    1Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 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; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02385
    1Bt2—41 to 97 centimeters (16.1 to 38.2 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    1Btb—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments. Few fine films and threads of CaCO3.