IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX079002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0071
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24766
  • 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: 33.6267389
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7451778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX079—Cochran
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX079—Cochran County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Seth Sowder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - SS-2

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.6

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    1150.3

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    45

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    O1—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A1—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; medium roots throughout and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; medium roots throughout and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 2 percent moderately coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Btk—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium roots throughout and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent moderately coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553140; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553140