IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HECKER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73CA087022
  • User Pedon ID: 73CA087022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73CA087022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44659
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.0955556
  • Std. Longitude: -121.8813889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: Laurel Quad
  • Location Description: Santa Cruz County, California. about 1.76 miles east-southeast on Highland Way fron the intersection of Mt. Bache Road and Highland way, 600 feet south of the road in the southeast corner of the northeast corner of section 5, T10S, R 1E. 121 degrees, 52 minutes 53 seconds West longitude and 37 degrees 5 minutes 44 seconds north latitude. Coordinates obtained by GIS methods from site marker in published soil survey.
  • Map Unit: 141—Hecker gravelly sandy loam, 50 to 75 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA087—Santa Cruz
  • MLRA: 14—Central California Coastal Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA087—Santa Cruz County, California
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37121-A8—Laurel, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HECKER
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinkel-Like
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: very steep mountains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent 75- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2-157D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    2SD

    ADENO2

    ARBUT

    ARCTO3

    LIDE3

    PIAT

    QUERC

    SESE3

    —

    Adenostoma

    Arbutus

    Arctostaphylos

    Lithocarpus densiflorus

    Pinus attenuata

    Quercus

    Sequoia sempervirens

    Shrub, deciduous

    chamise

    madrone

    manzanita

    tanoak

    knobcone pine

    oak

    redwood

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    104 -

    —
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    113

    1206

    —

    230

    13.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; 52 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00170
    A2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, 65 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 48 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00171
    Bt1—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4) rubbed and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00172
    Bt2—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00173
    Bt3—58 to 80 centimeters (22.8 to 31.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly loam; 35 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00174
    Bt4—80 to 104 centimeters (31.5 to 40.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) rubbed, moist; very gravelly clay loam; 22 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00175
    Cr—104 to 147 centimeters (40.9 to 57.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00176