IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Amarillo
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2010TX305013
User Pedon ID:
S2010TX305013
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
10N1227
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
37538
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
33.2632306
Std. Longitude:
-101.9001000
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:
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 -
6/9/2010
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
eolian (Blackwater Draw)
Landform:
plain
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
yes
RaCA Information:
DSP Plot ID -
SS-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
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/9/2010 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, shrubby
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—20
20—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
0.3
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981.8
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270
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A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
A2—2 to 20 centimeters (0.8 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; very fine roots and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bt—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable; medium roots and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese masses; ; fragments; noneffervescent.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553025