IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hotaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CA115011
  • User Pedon ID: 84CA115011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984CA115011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0887
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55675
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.5347214
  • Std. Longitude: -121.1319427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 716 meters S and 305 meters W of NE corner
  • State: California
  • County: CA115—Yuba
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Lytle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hotaw
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2018
  • Classifier - Andrew Brown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hotaw
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABCO

    PIPO

    PSME

    Abies concolor

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    white fir

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plaggen epipedon

    0—10

    10—86

    86—127

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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

    15

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    1044

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    225

    178

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    12

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    14

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled. Partially decomposed leaves, needles, twigs and bark.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04977. many very fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04978. common clay films surface features between sand grains; many very fine roots; common medium and coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680372
    Bt2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior, yellowish red (5YR 5/8) exterior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04979. 3 percent easily crushed pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine roots; common medium and coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680374
    Bt3—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) exterior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) exterior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P04980. 3 percent easily crushed pebbles.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few medium and coarse roots; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680375; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680376; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680375; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680376
    Cr—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) exterior and 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) exterior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior, dry; weathered bedrock; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04981. Soft in the upper part becoming increasingly hard with depth.; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots in cracks; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680377; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680377