IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hotaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 301P
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CA007011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 301P
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0265
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14539
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.4845657
  • Std. Longitude: -121.3948364
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: approximately 457 meters west and about 152 meters north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 1128 meters west and 122 feet south of the Hurleton-Swedes Flat and Phoenix Mine Road intersection.
  • Map Unit: 100—Anita-Galt , 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: California
  • County: CA007—Butte
  • MLRA: 18—Sierra Nevada Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CA612—Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39121-D4—Bangor, California

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Felix J. Panlasigui Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hotaw
  • PSC - 56 to 76 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
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: quartz-diorite at 76cm
  • Geology: Swedesflat Pluton formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 155-198
  • Plant Association Name: Blue oak-Interior liveoak-Foothill Pine
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 15
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUDO

    QUAG

    PISA2

    ARMA

    TODI

    CECU

    HEAR5

    CYNOS2

    AVFA

    POA

    TACA8

    ALLIU

    Quercus douglasii

    Quercus agrifolia

    Pinus sabiniana

    Arctostaphylos manzanita

    Toxicodendron diversilobum

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    Heteromeles arbutifolia

    Cynosurus

    Avena fatua

    Poa

    Taeniatherum caput-medusae

    Allium

    blue oak

    California live oak

    California foothill pine

    whiteleaf manzanita

    Pacific poison oak

    buckbrush

    toyon

    dogstail grass

    wild oat

    bluegrass

    medusahead

    onion

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    76 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    0—15

    15—76

    76—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/6/1999

    50

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    20
    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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    646

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    216

    965

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    240

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01577; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01578; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N01579; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1680381; patchy - phpvsfiid 1680381
    Bt2—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N01580; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680382; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680382
    Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments. Lab sample # 01N01581; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680383; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1680383
    Cr—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); igneous, acid fragments and greenstone fragments.; observed in pit, small