IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HILTABIDEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CA045004
  • User Pedon ID: S1980CA045004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980CA045004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0339
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50576
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.9163895
  • Std. Longitude: -123.6688919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: Mount Diablo.
  • State: California
  • County: CA045—Mendocino
  • MLRA: 5—Siskiyou-Trinity Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA694—Mendocino County, Western Part, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, parasesquic, nonacid Lithic Xerorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HILTABIDEL
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2002
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maymen
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid, mesic Lithic Xeror
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 80.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter 80.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1-055-B
  • 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

    ARCTO3

    CALOC2

    CEANO

    GARRY

    PIAT

    QUVA

    Arctostaphylos

    Calocedrus

    Ceanothus

    Garrya

    Pinus attenuata

    Quercus vacciniifolia

    manzanita

    incense cedar

    ceanothus

    silktassel

    knobcone pine

    huckleberry 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

    58

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    1164.3

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    225

    700

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    13

    20

    9

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A11—2 to 35 centimeters (0.8 to 13.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; cobbly clay loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P01752
    A12—35 to 45 centimeters (13.8 to 17.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; extremely stony clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P01753
    R—45 to 100 centimeters (17.7 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments.