IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TX279090
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TX279090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4469
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40622
  • 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: 33.9069443
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of Farm Road 54 and Highway 84 on southeast edge of Littlefield east on Highway 54 for 7.6 miles then south on county road for 0.3 mile then 125 feet west from middle of road into field. Cover: Cultivated; plated to dryland grain sorghum in 1958.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX279—Lamb
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX279—Lamb County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allen L. Newman and George W. Kunze
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 90
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1959 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34180
    B21T—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky, and granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34181
    B22T—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34182
    B23T—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; weak prismatic structure; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34183
    B24TCA—102 to 168 centimeters (40.2 to 66.1 inches);, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak prismatic structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts and carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34184
    B25TCA—168 to 198 centimeters (66.1 to 78.0 inches);, pink (5YR 7/4) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34185
    B26TCA—198 to 274 centimeters (78.0 to 107.9 inches);, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A34186