IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMARILLO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TX305062
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TX305062
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4475
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40628
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 33.1847229
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7799988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles N and .4 miles E of Tahoka.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: I.C. Mowery and E.H. Templin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 62
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AMARILLO
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1953 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A34225
    B21t—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34226
    B22t—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34227
    B23t—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A34228
    B24tca—102 to 183 centimeters (40.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak fine granular; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A34229
    B3ca—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; clay loam; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A34230
    C—244 to 305 centimeters (96.1 to 120.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; friable; carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A34231. Concretions occupy about 1/5 of the volume.