IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011TX303009
  • User Pedon ID: S2011TX303009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0182
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43266
  • 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: 33.5682793
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7294159
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX303—Lubbock
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX303—Lubbock County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Blackwater Draw formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-5

    • 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 7 2022

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: cotton
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—16

    33—90

    80—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

    0.6

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    983

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    Ap1—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; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—2 to 16 centimeters (0.8 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A/Btp—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 558595; patchy - phpvsfiid 558595
    Bt—33 to 80 centimeters (13.0 to 31.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 558596; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 558596
    Btk—80 to 90 centimeters (31.5 to 35.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules between peds and 40 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 558597; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 558597
    Bkk—90 to 203 centimeters (35.4 to 79.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent carbonate, finely disseminated and 4 percent fine irregular strongly coherent cemented carbonate nodules between peds and 20 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence.; observed in push tube