IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990TX227001B
  • User Pedon ID: 90TX227001B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63409
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 32.2716675
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4877777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from the north exit gate of the ARS station; 979 feet north on field road; 365 feet west to center of validation circle; 215 feet west or 270 degrees from center of validation circle
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX227—Howard
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Risinger, Zobeck, Blackstock, Williamson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1990 (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
    • 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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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02074. few fine horizontal sand lenses (7.5yr 5/4); few very fine and fine roots throughout
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02075. few very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02076. common worm casts concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 233991; continuous - phpvsfiid 233991
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 91P02077. common worm casts concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 233992; continuous - phpvsfiid 233992