IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hotaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: deep
  • User Site ID: S1973-CA-05-069x
  • User Pedon ID: 73-CA-05-069x
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973-CA-05-069x
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UCDAVIS
  • Lab Pedon # - UCD7305069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42274
  • Print Date: 4/26/2024

    • 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: 38.2785284
  • Std. Longitude: -120.6157950
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE/4, SE/4
  • Map Unit: 6207—Musick-Hotaw-Chawanakee complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA009—Calaveras
  • MLRA: 22A—Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA630—Central Sierra Foothills Area, California, Parts of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38120-C5—Rail Road Flat, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: COS, RDR, BFS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • 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 - BOOMER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: RES
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: gabbro
  • Geology: Gabbro. Geologic Formation: Me formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2009 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    QUKE

    Quercus kelloggii

    California 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

    63

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    488

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    338

    889

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    13.3

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 15 percent clay; strong medium granular parts to strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 medium irregular and 21.0 irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UCD03858
    B1—10 to 48 centimeters (3.9 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 coarse roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UCD03859
    B2t—48 to 114 centimeters (18.9 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 57 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 22 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 coarse roots throughout and 21.0 roots throughout; 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UCD03860
    R—114 to 200 centimeters (44.9 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # UCD03861