IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX279002
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX279002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX279002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43259
  • 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: 33.9712982
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3571930
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX279—Lamb
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • PSC - 17 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-4

    • 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: 11/3/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—17

    17—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

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    Ap1—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; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 17 centimeters (0.8 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—17 to 40 centimeters (6.7 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 568474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 568474
    Bt2—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint dendritic noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 568475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 568475