IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palapalai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992HI001001
  • User Pedon ID: 92HI001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992HI001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0621
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64860
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 20.1216660
  • Std. Longitude: -155.7883301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Hawaii, Kahua Ranch below Kohala Mountain Road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 160—Subhumid and Humid Intermediate and High Mountain Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0068—Kawaihae, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chadwick, Kelly, Capo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, ferrihydritic, isothermic Humic Haplustands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palapalai
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palapalai
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, isothermic Typic Eutrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PECL2

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    kikuyugrass

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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

    3

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    945

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    225

    1016

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03745
    Ap2—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03746
    Bw1—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03747
    Bw2—36 to 52 centimeters (14.2 to 20.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03748
    Bw3—52 to 71 centimeters (20.5 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03749
    2ABtb—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03750
    2Bw1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03751
    2Bw2—102 to 118 centimeters (40.2 to 46.5 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03752
    3Bw1—118 to 140 centimeters (46.5 to 55.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03753
    3Bw2—140 to 162 centimeters (55.1 to 63.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; extremely cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03754
    3Cr—162 to 170 centimeters (63.8 to 66.9 inches); fragments. no sample received