IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molokai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989HI009008
  • User Pedon ID: 89HI009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0284
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63331
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 21.1433334
  • Std. Longitude: -157.0513916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Molokai, Maui County, Hawaii. About 4.7 miles west of Kaunakakai Post Office and 0.35 miles north of junction of Highways 46 and 47 and about 200 feet west of Highway 47.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Rhodic Haplustox
  • 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 - Molokai
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Molokai
  • 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

    oxic horizon

    0—38

    38—183

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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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    64

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    23

    25

    22

    23

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 interstitial pores; 30 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01706. the dark concretions effervesce with hydrogen peroxide; many fine dark concretions concentrations; many roots
    Ap2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01707. common fine dark concretions concentrations; common roots
    Bo1—38 to 89 centimeters (15.0 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01708. few shiny patchy faces on prisms; common fine dark concretions concentrations
    Bo2—89 to 163 centimeters (35.0 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01709. moderately compact in place; few fine dark concretions concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 226468; patchy - phpvsfiid 226469; patchy - phpvsfiid 226468; patchy - phpvsfiid 226469
    Bo3—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; faint red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. common hard earthy lumps; few fine dark concretions concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 226470; patchy - phpvsfiid 226470