IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX305003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX305003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25093
  • 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: 33.2597194
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9470278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Byrd
  • 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 - 11/10/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-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 Jun 14 2022

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/2009 (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

    secondary carbonates

    0—35

    35—40

    35—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

    0.5

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    978

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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 15 centimeters (0.8 to 5.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine roots and fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.
    ABp—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine roots and fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Btk—35 to 40 centimeters (13.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 42 percent distinct clay films on top faces of peds; 5 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence. continuous - phpvsfiid 553125; continuous - phpvsfiid 553125