IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ioleau
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989HI007003
User Pedon ID:
89HI007003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
91P0274
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
63321
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:
22.1258335
Std. Longitude:
-159.3233337
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii.
State:
Hawaii
County:
HI007—Kauai
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, sesquic, isohyperthermic Ustic Palehumults
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 #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Ioleau
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
ustic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ioleau
Classificaton Date -
12/1/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
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—38
38—155
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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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—
—
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127
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22
25
21
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Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; cloddy, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01654. common fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
Ap2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam, silty clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 91P01655. Ap2 contains pieces of the Bt1 having strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, sticky and plastic; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
Bt1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01656. very compact in place; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
Bt2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01657. clay films are continuous in pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 233946; patchy - phpvsfiid 233946
Bt3—97 to 145 centimeters (38.2 to 57.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01658. the clay films are continuous in pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 233947; patchy - phpvsfiid 233947
Bt4—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog. the clay films are continuous in pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 233948; patchy - phpvsfiid 233948