IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Makawao
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI009001
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63324
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 20.8505554
  • Std. Longitude: -156.3099976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii. 150 feet east of Olinda Road and 0.5 miles south of Makawao.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, amorphic, isothermic 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Makawao
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Makawao
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, isothermic Typic Palehumult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—48

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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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    191

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    21

    22

    19

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01670. many roots
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 roots; 2.5 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01671. many roots
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01672. few roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 233955; patchy - phpvsfiid 233955
    Bt2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 0.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01673. few roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 233956; continuous - phpvsfiid 233956
    BC—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 5.5 fine and medium pores; coats on faces of peds; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01674. few roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 233957; continuous - phpvsfiid 233957
    C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 2.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. few roots