IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molokai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI003003
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0654
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61754
  • 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; site 2P (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 #: 3
  • 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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    Ap1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03673. structure has 1 to 10cm clods; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Ap2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) sandy clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03674. few very fine roots
    Bo1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03675. few very fine roots
    Bo2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03676. shiny pressure face on strong structured peds; 5% pocket of light gray weathered rock fragments with dark reddish brown coatings; few very fine roots
    Bo3—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments. shiny pressure faces on strong structured peds; gritty feel due to stable aggregates