IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hilo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986HI001011
  • User Pedon ID: 86HI001011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P1002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59296
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 19.7441673
  • Std. Longitude: -155.0997162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mauna Kea Sugar Company, from Wainaku Rd proceed 0.3 mi W along Kaiwiki Rd then 0.1 mi N of Canehaul Rd.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura, D. Fischer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over hydrous, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Acrudoxic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • Taxonomic Class - Thixotropic, isohyperthermic Typic Hydrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    48—170

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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

    8

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    85

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    381

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    1Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06005. Feels gritty due to irreversible drying.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Ap2—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06006. Feels gritty due to irreversible drying.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bw1—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06007. Many gel-like coatings on peds.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bw2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06008. Many gel-like coatings on peds.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bwb1—117 to 125 centimeters (46.1 to 49.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06009. Many gel-like coatings on peds.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bwb2—125 to 132 centimeters (49.2 to 52.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06010. Many gel-like coatings on peds.; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bwb3—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P06011. Many gel-like coatings on peds.; many very fine roots; few fine roots