IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994HI001015
  • User Pedon ID: 94HI001015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66878
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 19.4966660
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8877716
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: This pedon is located on Kealakekua Development Corporation (KDC) land. From Koa Road, just south of Kealakekua Ranch Center in Captain Cook, bear right (southeast) at 2,390 feet elevation to reach main KDC entrance, continue upslope on main road 0.28 miles then turn right (southeast) on secondary ranch road, continue up road through gate in rock wall, up to small relatively flat area 0.50 miles from KDC main entrance soil pit dug 15 feet south of road. Soil survey site 940309,1.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 159—Humid and Very Humid Low and Intermediate Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hydrous, ferrihydritic, isothermic Lithic Endoaquands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hua
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hua
  • Taxonomic Class - Hydrous, isothermic Hydric Lithic Fulvudand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/9/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    4

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    798

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    250

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mucky silt loam; moderate very fine granular, and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05286. Few prominent yellowish red (5yr 5/8) root channels; Measure acidity (pH); ( 3 to 4 inches thick).
    Bw—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P05287. Many red (2.5YR 4/8) pores and root channels; very dark grey (N 3/0) weathered gravel with common prominent dark red (10R 3/6) stains; measured acidity (pH); (4 to 7 inches thick)
    2R—20 centimeters (7.9 inches); fragments. Hard pahoehoe lava.