IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palapalai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03HI001004
  • User Pedon ID: 03HI001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15969
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 20.0661392
  • Std. Longitude: -155.7301636
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.J.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ferrihydritic, isothermic Humic Haplustands
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palapalai
  • Taxonomic Class - Ferrihydritic, isothermic Humic Haplustands
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: dust over ash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    180

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    1305

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; nonsmeary; 6.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04662
    Ap2—12 to 29 centimeters (4.7 to 11.4 inches);, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; nonsmeary; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04663
    2Bw1—29 to 62 centimeters (11.4 to 24.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist; medial silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04664
    2Bw2—62 to 99 centimeters (24.4 to 39.0 inches);, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist; medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04665
    3Bw3—99 to 120 centimeters (39.0 to 47.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04666
    3Bw4—120 to 148 centimeters (47.2 to 58.3 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; medial silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04667
    4R—148 centimeters (58.3 inches); fragments.