IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX017003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37552
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 33.8466889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6566500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX017—Bailey
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX017—Bailey 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 - 6/10/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - SS-4

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/2010 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—16

    16—127

    50—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

    0.3

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    1131.7

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    225

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A2—2 to 16 centimeters (0.8 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt—16 to 37 centimeters (6.3 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm; fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 553035; continuous - phpvsfiid 553035
    Btk1—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 553036; continuous - phpvsfiid 553036
    Btk2—50 to 85 centimeters (19.7 to 33.5 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 6 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 553037; patchy - phpvsfiid 553037
    Btkk—85 to 127 centimeters (33.5 to 50.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 18 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 30 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent coarse faint spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix and 5 percent coarse faint spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 553038; patchy - phpvsfiid 553038
    Bkk1—127 to 146 centimeters (50.0 to 57.5 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 20 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix and 10 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary.; observed in push tube
    Bkk2—146 to 203 centimeters (57.5 to 79.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 28 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 30 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 15 percent fine faint spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 553039; patchy - phpvsfiid 553039