IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX305005
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX305005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25095
  • 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: 33.2598611
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9469278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lance Layton
  • 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 - 11/10/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-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 Jun 14 2022

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/2009 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    29—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

    0.4

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    978

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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fine roots throughout; medium irregular and fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fine roots throughout; fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    ABp—14 to 29 centimeters (5.5 to 11.4 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fine roots throughout; fine irregular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt—29 to 40 centimeters (11.4 to 15.7 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine roots throughout; fine irregular pores; fragments.