IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX303002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX303002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37532
  • 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: 33.7947500
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9483083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX303—Lubbock County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly Attebury
  • 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 - 6/7/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian (Blackwater Draw)
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - CRP-2

    • 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

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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—14

    14—50

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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

    0.5

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    3371

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    210

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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; ; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—14 to 31 centimeters (5.5 to 12.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 530683; continuous - phpvsfiid 530683
    Bt2—31 to 50 centimeters (12.2 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very fine roots throughout; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 530684; continuous - phpvsfiid 530684