IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX079023
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX079023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10TX079023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0715
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25108
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 33.6908611
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7921389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX079—Cochran
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX079—Cochran County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Sackett, S. Sowder, L. Layton
  • 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: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2012
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-1

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/2009 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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

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    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

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    0—36

    36—203

    79—203

    90—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

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    Ap1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose; 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 530577; continuous - phpvsfiid 530577
    Bt2—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 530578; continuous - phpvsfiid 530578
    Btk1—79 to 90 centimeters (31.1 to 35.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530579; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530579
    Btkk—90 to 120 centimeters (35.4 to 47.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), pink (5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 530580; patchy - phpvsfiid 530580
    B'tk2—120 to 181 centimeters (47.2 to 71.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530581; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530581
    B'tk3—181 to 203 centimeters (71.3 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 530582