IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12TX017001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012TX017001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S12TX017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N2358
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72585
  • 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: 34.1113333
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6990278
  • Datum: WGS84

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Craig Byrd
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2012
  • Classifier - Craig Byrd
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Craig Byrd
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SOBIB

    Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

    grain sorghum

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—152

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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

    0.7

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    1180

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    0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03151
    15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03152
    30 to 54 centimeters (11.8 to 21.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03153. patchy - phpvsfiid 1112565; patchy - phpvsfiid 1112565
    54 to 92 centimeters (21.3 to 36.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03154. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112567; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112567
    92 to 152 centimeters (36.2 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112566