IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HODA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA057033
  • User Pedon ID: S1968CA057033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA057033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43568
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 39.3066673
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0027771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet west and 500 feet south of the E 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 150 feet west of Rock Creek Road, 3 miles N-NE of Nevada City, California.
  • State: California
  • County: CA057—Nevada
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA619—Nevada County Area, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Staidl, C. Goudey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HODA
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoda
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ARBUT

    ARCTO3

    CEANO

    QUVE

    Arbutus

    Arctostaphylos

    Ceanothus

    Quercus velutina

    madrone

    manzanita

    ceanothus

    black oak

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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

    10

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    846

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    45

    1168

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    13.9

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00844
    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00851
    A12—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00845
    A3—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00846
    B21T—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00847. continuous - phpvsfiid 188735; continuous - phpvsfiid 188735
    B22T—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00848
    B3—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00849
    C—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent clay films on rock fragments; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C00850. continuous - phpvsfiid 188740; continuous - phpvsfiid 188740