IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX279003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX279003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1213
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37563
  • 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: 33.9867889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4045000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX279—Lamb
  • 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 - 6/25/2010
  • 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-5

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/2010 (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—23

    23—203

    112—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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    1111

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 553043; continuous - phpvsfiid 553043
    A2—2 to 23 centimeters (0.8 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 19 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553044; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553044
    Bt2—38 to 82 centimeters (15.0 to 32.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—82 to 112 centimeters (32.3 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, screw. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553045
    Btk1—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary.; observed in auger, screw. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553046; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553046
    Btk2—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence.; observed in auger, screw. continuous - phpvsfiid 553047; continuous - phpvsfiid 553047