IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waimea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994HI001001Z
  • User Pedon ID: 94HI001001Z
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994HI001001Z
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10955
  • 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: 20.0994453
  • Std. Longitude: -155.7933350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kohala Ranch Estates
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 157—Arid and Semiarid Low Mountain Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0068—Kawaihae, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Oliver Chadwick
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waimea
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, ferrihydritic Andic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: lava plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 20.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    1

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    833

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    270

    790

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    19

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00478
    Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00479
    Bw2—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00480
    Bw3—45 to 64 centimeters (17.7 to 25.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00481
    BC—64 to 70 centimeters (25.2 to 27.6 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00482
    Cr—70 to 110 centimeters (27.6 to 43.3 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; extremely gravelly loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 99P00483