IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX279003
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX279003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX279003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43260
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 33.9712791
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3570709
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX279—Lamb
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Sowder
  • 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 - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2010
  • 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: 12/1/2010 (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
    • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—12

    12—203

    73—203

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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; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—12 to 34 centimeters (4.7 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 28 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 568478; continuous - phpvsfiid 568478
    Bt2—34 to 50 centimeters (13.4 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 32 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 568479; continuous - phpvsfiid 568479
    Bt3—50 to 73 centimeters (19.7 to 28.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 36 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 568480; continuous - phpvsfiid 568480
    Btk—73 to 86 centimeters (28.7 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 12 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 568481; continuous - phpvsfiid 568481
    Btkk—86 to 203 centimeters (33.9 to 79.9 inches); pink (2.5YR 8/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 18 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine distinct spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence. patchy - phpvsfiid 568482; patchy - phpvsfiid 568482