IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMARILLO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TX305059
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TX305059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4468
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40621
  • 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: 33.1749992
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7944412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.6 miles W of Tahoka and 0.2 miles N of US Highway 380.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I.C. Mowery and E.H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 59
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AMARILLO
  • PSC - 51 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34174
    B1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34175
    B21t—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34176
    B22t—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34177
    B23tca—137 to 191 centimeters (53.9 to 75.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; clay loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34178
    B3—191 to 236 centimeters (75.2 to 92.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; friable; carbonate concretions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34179