IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX079011
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX079011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10TX079011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0714
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25107
  • 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: 33.6013056
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6289167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX079—Cochran
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX079—Cochran County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Sackett, T. Carr, S. Sowder, L. Layton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2012
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ERAGR

    Eragrostis

    lovegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—203

    86—203

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    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

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 55 centimeters (9.8 to 21.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 45 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 530594; continuous - phpvsfiid 530594
    Bt2—55 to 86 centimeters (21.7 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 45 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 530595; continuous - phpvsfiid 530595
    Btk—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent worm casts and 8 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in cracks and 6 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 530596; continuous - phpvsfiid 530596
    Btkk1—122 to 180 centimeters (48.0 to 70.9 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 530597; patchy - phpvsfiid 530597
    Btkk2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 23 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. patchy - phpvsfiid 530598; patchy - phpvsfiid 530598