IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waikane
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI003010
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI003010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0269
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63316
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 21.5344448
  • Std. Longitude: -157.8583374
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. 1-1/2 miles south and west on Kamehameha Highway from the town of Kaaawa to the pasture entrance of the Kualoa Ranch; turn west on pasture road and proceed 1 miles; on a terrace 0.2 mile north of pasture road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, subactive, isohyperthermic Typic Haplohumults
  • 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 #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waikane
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waikane
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    48—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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    152

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    22

    24

    21

    22

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01628. many worm holes and casts; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01629. few hard earthy lumps; common coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226428; patchy - phpvsfiid 226428
    Bt1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01630. few highly weathered pebbles; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 226429; continuous - phpvsfiid 226429
    Bt2—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01631. common highly weathered pebbles; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 226430; continuous - phpvsfiid 226430