IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX303004
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX303004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1223
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37534
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 33.7947000
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9484500
  • 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: Todd Carr
  • 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

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    45

    67

    84

    146

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    45

    67

    84

    146

    203

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    Todd Carr

    Todd Carr

    Todd Carr

    Todd Carr

    Todd Carr

    Todd Carr

    3.3

    17.3

    26.3

    25.3

    23.3

    26.3

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    0

    0

    0

    2.9

    30.7

    13

    22

    31

    31

    27

    29

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    83.7

    60.7

    42.7

    43.7

    79.7

    44.7

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.2

    0.2

    0

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    8.5

    4.4

    2.7

    3.4

    4

    4.5

    21.3

    14.2

    9.6

    8.2

    9

    8.2

    7

    8.1

    5.7

    7.5

    8.9

    7.6

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    ls

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    l

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    scl

    l

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    6.4

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    7.8
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    45

    67

    84

    146

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    67

    84

    146

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    45

    67

    84

    146

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    67

    84

    146

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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—15

    15—230

    84—230

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Bt1—15 to 45 centimeters (5.9 to 17.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530687
    Bt2—45 to 67 centimeters (17.7 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 530688; continuous - phpvsfiid 530688
    Bt3—67 to 84 centimeters (26.4 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 530689; continuous - phpvsfiid 530689
    Btk1—84 to 146 centimeters (33.1 to 57.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 530690; continuous - phpvsfiid 530690
    Btk2—146 to 230 centimeters (57.5 to 90.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 35 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 12 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 18 percent medium carbonate masses and 5 percent medium strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 530691; patchy - phpvsfiid 530691