IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX079006
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX079006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24770
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 33.6013583
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6282278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX079—Cochran
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX079—Cochran County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.K. Attebury
  • 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 - 10/8/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian Blackwater Draw
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - A-CRP-2

    • 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: 10/8/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Lubbock SSS
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    0

    2

    13

    23

    2

    13

    23

    40

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    S Sowder

    S Sowder

    S Sowder

    S Sowder

    7.4

    18.9

    22.9

    22.9

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    7.4

    10.7

    8.7

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    85.2

    70.4

    68.4

    69.4

    hydrometer

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    hydrometer

    0.5

    0.3

    0.2

    0.2

    0.6

    0.4

    0.4

    0.3

    9.3

    9.2

    4.6

    6.6

    62.6

    20.5

    22.9

    20.5

    5.7

    2

    2.9

    4.7

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    ls

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    7.5

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    8.3
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    0

    2

    13

    23

    2

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    23

    40

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    0

    2

    13

    23

    2

    13

    23

    40

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—40

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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

    0.5

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    1123.5

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    135

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent.
    A2—2 to 13 centimeters (0.8 to 5.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent.
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; around fragments; fine pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent.
    Bt2—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; tubular pores; 30 percent clay films between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent.