IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molokai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI003002
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61753
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 21.3886108
  • Std. Longitude: -158.0391693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Oahu, Hawaii. HSPA Kunia Substation, northern corner of field G, center pit in rainulator plot; site 8C (see plot map)
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Rhodic Eutrustox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Molokai
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Molokai
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Eutro
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (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

    6

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    76

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    270

    71

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    4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03666. few very fine and fine roots
    Bo1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03667. few very fine roots
    Bo2—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03668. gritty due to aggregate stability; many shiny pressure faces; compact in place
    Bo3—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03669. gritty due to aggregate stability; common shiny pressure faces; 5% pocket of light gray weathered rock fragments with dark reddish brown coatings
    Bo4—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03670. gritty due to aggregate stability; common shiny pressure faces; 5% pocket of light gray with dark reddish brown coatings
    Bo5—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03671. few shiny pressure faces; 3% weathered rock fragments, light gray with dark reddish brown coatings
    Bo6—180 to 206 centimeters (70.9 to 81.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) sandy clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 89P03672. few shiny pressure faces