IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2011TX279011

User Pedon ID: S2011TX279011

Vegetation Plot ID: S11TX279011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 11N0475

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47555

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: 33.9650993

Std. Longitude: -102.3621368

Datum: WGS84

State: Texas

County: TX279—Lamb

MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part

PEDON

Describers Name: Craig Byrd, Todd Carr, Seth Sowder, Alain Basurco

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Amarillo

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs

PSC - 11 to 61 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/24/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits

Landscape: plateau

Landform: plain

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: well

Geology: Blackwater Draw Formation formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 2/24/2011 (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
BOGR2 BUDA KOSC PRGLT SPCR YUCCA	Bouteloua gracilis Buchloe dactyloides Kochia scoparia Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana Sporobolus cryptandrus Yucca	blue grama buffalograss Mexican-fireweed western honey mesquite sand dropseed yucca	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon secondary carbonates calcic horizon lithologic discontinuity	0—11 11—136 98—136 136—203 188—	—- —- —- —- —-

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	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.

Bt1—11 to 47 centimeters (4.3 to 18.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 579725; continuous - phpvsfiid 579725

Bt2—47 to 76 centimeters (18.5 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 579726; continuous - phpvsfiid 579726

Bt3—76 to 98 centimeters (29.9 to 38.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 579727; continuous - phpvsfiid 579727

Btk—98 to 136 centimeters (38.6 to 53.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on faces of peds and 1 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 579728; continuous - phpvsfiid 579728

Bkk—136 to 188 centimeters (53.5 to 74.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/3), pink (5YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 45 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses between peds and 5 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.

2Btk—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses between peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 579729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 579729