IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kaneohe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI003008
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63314
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 21.3788891
  • Std. Longitude: -157.7933350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: ookout, from intersection of Pali Highway with Kamehameha Highway at Castle Junction, on the Pali Highway, 600 feet to the Old Pali Road, 1/2 miles to the entrance of the G. Knowles ranch, 1,300 feet on hard road about 20 feet north of the farm road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Acrudoxic Ultic Hapludands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaneohe
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaneohe
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, isohyperthermic Typic Palehumult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1989 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    56—152

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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

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    203

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    22

    23

    21

    22

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common worm holes and casts; few soft strongly weathered pebbles; few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4), dark red (10R 3/6), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01621. common strong brown, yellow and gray highly weathered soft pebbles; few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226421; patchy - phpvsfiid 226421
    Bt1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01622. common highly weathered rock fragments; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226422; patchy - phpvsfiid 226422
    Bt2—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; silty clay; strong fine blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. common highly weathered rock fragments; few hard boulder cores; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226423; patchy - phpvsfiid 226423