IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TX303002
  • User Pedon ID: 87TX303002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0214
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59510
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 33.6022224
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9086075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cropland field about 415 feet W and 190 feet N of the sample pit in rangeland.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dan Blackstock
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (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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    1Ap1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01099. few fine roots
    1Ap2—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; massive, and weak fine granular; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine roots
    1Ap3—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior sandy clay loam; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; hard, friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01100
    1Bt1—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; faint , dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01101. patchy - phpvsfiid 221531; patchy - phpvsfiid 221531
    1Bt2—36 to 55 centimeters (14.2 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; faint , dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01102. Films and threads of calcium carbonate.; patchy - phpvsfiid 221532; patchy - phpvsfiid 221532