IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Makawao
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983HI009012
  • User Pedon ID: 83HI009012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0882
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53663
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 20.8444443
  • Std. Longitude: -156.2975006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Isl. Maui HI. Niftal proj UHAES; 0.3 km SW of Piiholo Rd. entrance 5 meters above farm Rd. 100 meters NW of tanks.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui
  • MLRA: 167—Humid Oxidic Soils on Low and Intermediate Rolling Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, sesquic, isothermic Oxic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Makawao
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Makawao
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, isothermic Humoxic Tropohumult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

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    640

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    183

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    1Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04492. many very fine roots
    1Bw—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04493. many very fine roots
    1Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04494. very few clay films surface features; many very fine roots
    1Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04495. Roots matted in horizontal planes in several places within horizon. Compact in place.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229742
    1Bt2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04496. Roots matted in horizontal planes within horizon. Compact in place.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1C/B—97 to 123 centimeters (38.2 to 48.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04497. Few faint gelatin like coatings on faces of peds and in pores.; few very fine roots
    1Cr—123 to 153 centimeters (48.4 to 60.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 83P04498. Contains yellowish brown 10YR 5/6 weathered material iron oxide; red 2.5YR 4/6 and dark red 2.5YR 3/6 coating of soil material from above.