IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Puna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990HI001001
  • User Pedon ID: 90HI001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63034
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 19.5052776
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9038849
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tom Benton Avocado Farm
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Puna
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic Typic Tropofolists
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (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
    • 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

    16

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    652

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    45

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    23

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    Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) extremely gravelly muck; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06795. and 90P6796 and 90P6797 and 90P6798; presumed to extend beyond 150 cm; texture also gritty due to sand size lava; many very fine roots
    A—8 to 54 centimeters (3.1 to 21.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) extremely cobbly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06799. small organic pockets
    C—54 to 138 centimeters (21.3 to 54.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) extremely stony coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 90P06800. presumed to extend beyond 150 cm; 85% coarse fragments