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:
11/12/2024
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
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REAP
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MSAT
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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