IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX079007
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX079007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24771
  • 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: 33.6012778
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6282389
  • 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)
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—203

    148—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

    0.5

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    1123.5

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    135

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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, slightly rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 11 centimeters (0.8 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, slightly rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Btp—11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and medium structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; medium and fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 553147; patchy - phpvsfiid 553147
    Ap—11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and medium structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 553146; patchy - phpvsfiid 553146
    Bt1—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; medium and fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 553148; continuous - phpvsfiid 553148
    Bt2—40 to 74 centimeters (15.7 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; medium and fine tubular pores; and 58 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; ; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 553149; continuous - phpvsfiid 553149
    Bt3—74 to 148 centimeters (29.1 to 58.3 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 5/8), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate concretions on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 553151; continuous - phpvsfiid 553151
    Btkk—148 to 203 centimeters (58.3 to 79.9 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4), pink (2.5YR 8/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and medium structure; fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films; 15 percent carbonate nodules on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent carbonate masses and 10 percent carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments. patchy - phpvsfiid 553152; patchy - phpvsfiid 553152