IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX219011
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX219011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0699
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25086
  • 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: 33.5047694
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3210889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX219—Hockley
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX219—Hockley County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lance Layton
  • 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 - 11/19/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-3

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R077CY036TX Sandy Loam 16-21" PZ Jun 13 2022

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Extra Moisture Source: irrigation
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—30

    30—203

    92—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

    0.4

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    1063.4

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    110

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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; fine roots throughout; fragments and fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.
    Ap—9 to 30 centimeters (3.5 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553100; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553100
    Bt1—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; medium roots throughout and fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553101; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553101
    Bt1—40 to 70 centimeters (15.7 to 27.6 inches); fragments; noneffervescent.
    Bt2—70 to 92 centimeters (27.6 to 36.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553102; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553102
    Btk1—92 to 161 centimeters (36.2 to 63.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; threadlike and 8 percent fine distinct dendritic carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553103; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553103
    Btk2—161 to 203 centimeters (63.4 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent platy carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium prominent platy carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553104; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553104