IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX219015
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX219015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25090
  • 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: 33.5045500
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3211083
  • 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: 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 - 11/19/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • 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 14 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—40

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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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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fine roots; ; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 18 centimeters (0.8 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; medium roots; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553111; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553111
    Bt—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fine roots; 4 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553112; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553112