IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HODA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968CA057034
  • User Pedon ID: S1968CA057034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968CA057034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43569
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.2969437
  • Std. Longitude: -121.0261078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1,150 feet S and 600 feet E of the N 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 2-1/2 miles north of Nevada City, 1/2 mile south of Lake Vera, 200 feet west of Lake Vera Road.
  • 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: C. B. Goudey and G. Staidl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 34
  • 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: concave
  • 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

    QUVE

    Quercus velutina

    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

    13

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    789

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    45

    1194

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    13.3

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00852; moist when described;
    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00859; moist when described;
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00853; moist when described;
    A3—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00854; moist when described;
    B1T—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00855; moist when described;
    B2T—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 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; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00856; moist when described;
    B3T—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00857; moist when described;
    C—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8), dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 68C00858; moist when described;