IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1991NM037001

User Pedon ID: 91NM037001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM037001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 91P0529

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63571

Print Date: 1/30/2025

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: 35.5333328

Std. Longitude: -103.1977768

Datum: WGS84

State: New Mexico

County: NM037—Quay

MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

PEDON

Describers Name: L. Hacker, C. Sokoll

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs

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 - 2/1/2010

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 - 3/1/1991

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: playa or alluvial flat

Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land

Slope Position: middle third

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Elevation: 1

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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
BOGR2	Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
argillic horizon calcic horizon	13—165 119—165	—- —-

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
3	—	—	1262	—	180	38	—	—	29	28	19	30	40	19	—	—	—	9156	—

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03058; dry when described;. few very fine and fine roots throughout

Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03059; moist when described;. few very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 234112; continuous - phpvsfiid 234112

Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03060; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226806; continuous - phpvsfiid 226806

Bt3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03061; moist when described;. few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226807; continuous - phpvsfiid 226807

Bt4—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03062; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226808; continuous - phpvsfiid 226808

Bt5—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03063; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226809; continuous - phpvsfiid 226809

Btk—119 to 165 centimeters (46.9 to 65.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats throughout; carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P03064; dry when described;. effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226810; continuous - phpvsfiid 226810