IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX305007
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX305007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37542
  • 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: 33.3395500
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7934278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Craig Byrd
  • 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 - 6/24/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - CRP-5

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/2010 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk

    Btkk

    0

    2

    14

    33

    75

    130

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    14

    33

    75

    130

    203

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    J. Sackett

    J. Sackett

    J Sackett

    J Sackett

    J Sackett

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    9

    20

    25

    22

    30

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    0

    0

    0

    0

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    21

    20

    25

    18

    28

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    70

    20

    50

    60

    42

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    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

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    0

    0

    0

    0

    0.4

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    0.4

    0.4

    0.2

    0.2

    2.1

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    4.5

    3.6

    3.4

    3.5

    10

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    17.7

    14.8

    11

    14.8

    4.9

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    8.6

    7.1

    6.9

    6.6

    2

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    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    sl

    scl

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    7.4

    7.9

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    7.8

    8.2
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk

    Btkk

    0

    2

    14

    33

    75

    130

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    33

    75

    130

    203

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btk

    Btkk

    0

    2

    14

    33

    75

    130

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    33

    75

    130

    203

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—14

    14—203

    75—130

    130—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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    Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine roots throughout; very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—14 to 33 centimeters (5.5 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; rigid, rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 45 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 530710; continuous - phpvsfiid 530710
    Bt2—33 to 75 centimeters (13.0 to 29.5 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; rigid, rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 60 percent prominent on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 530711; continuous - phpvsfiid 530711
    Btk—75 to 130 centimeters (29.5 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; rigid, rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine indurated cemented carbonate masses on surfaces along pores and 1 percent fine indurated cemented carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 530712; continuous - phpvsfiid 530712
    Btkk—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); 2.5YR 8/6 (2.5YR 8/6), light red (2.5YR 7/6), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; rigid, rigid, very sticky, very plastic; fine roots throughout; fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent carbonate, finely disseminated and 35 percent medium indurated cemented carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; violent effervescence.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 530713; patchy - phpvsfiid 530713