IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990TX227001C
  • User Pedon ID: 90TX227001C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63410
  • 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: 32.2705574
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4872208
  • 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; 275 feet SSW of 210 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; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02078. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02079. few fine horizontal sand lenses; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 2.5 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 and 11 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P02080. common worm casts concentrations; common carbonate threads concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 233993; continuous - phpvsfiid 233993