IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honolua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI009003
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63326
  • 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: 20.9827785
  • Std. Longitude: -156.6211090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii. 100 feet west of road and about 2.5 miles southeast of Honokahua on West Maui.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, 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 - Honolua
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Honolua
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—91

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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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    165

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    21

    22

    19

    21

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 roots; 5.5 fine and medium pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01680. many sand-size aggregates that are resistant to crushing; many roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226453; patchy - phpvsfiid 226453
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 roots; 5.5 fine and medium pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01681. many sand-size aggregates that are resistant to crushing; many roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226454; patchy - phpvsfiid 226454
    Bt2—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; 5.5 fine and medium pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01682. many sand-size aggregates that are resistant to crushing; few gray highly weathered pebble-size fragments of rock; common roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226455; patchy - phpvsfiid 226455
    BC—91 to 147 centimeters (35.8 to 57.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 5.5 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01683. many sand-size aggregates that are resistant to crushing; 20 to 30 percent highly weathered gravel-size fragments of rock; few roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226456; patchy - phpvsfiid 226456
    C—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 5.5 fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 50 to 70 percent of the horizon consists of highly weathered fragments of basic igneous rock; many sand-size aggregates that are resistant to crushing; 20 to 30 percent highly weathered gravel-size fragments of rock; few roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 226457; patchy - phpvsfiid 226457