IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX305006
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX305006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37541
  • 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: 33.3397194
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7934083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Laurie Kiniry
  • 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 - 7/23/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - CRP-5

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2010 (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

    0—12

    12—50

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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
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    A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    AB—2 to 12 centimeters (0.8 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553525; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553525
    Bt1—12 to 32 centimeters (4.7 to 12.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 553523; continuous - phpvsfiid 553523
    Bt2—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 553524; continuous - phpvsfiid 553524