IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM009004
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0595
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62528
  • 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: 34.4405556
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5863876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill and Rusty Dowell
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    YUCCA

    Yucca

    yucca

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    13—193

    86—193

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    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

    1

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    1366

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    180

    432

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    15

    24

    5

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03484. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03485. common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03486. few clay films surface features; few fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt3—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 55 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03487. many clay films surface features; few fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt4—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and 0.5 pores; 55 percent prominent clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03488. many clay films surface features; few fine roots; few medium roots
    Btk1—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03489. few fine roots; few medium roots
    Btk2—97 to 145 centimeters (38.2 to 57.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 medium pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03490
    Btk3—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03491
    Bkm—193 centimeters (76.0 inches); carbonates present; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.