IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KAWAIHAE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994HI001016
  • User Pedon ID: 94HI001016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66871
  • 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: 20.0797215
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8611145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 157—Arid and Semiarid Low Mountain Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0068—Kawaihae, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick and R. Gavenda
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KAWAIHAE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kawaihae
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, isohyperthermic Ustollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/1994
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/28/1994 (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
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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05232
    Bw1—4 to 16 centimeters (1.6 to 6.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05233
    Bw2—16 to 32 centimeters (6.3 to 12.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05234
    Bw3—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05235
    Bw4—50 to 68 centimeters (19.7 to 26.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonsmeary; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine to coarse continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P05236
    Bw5—68 to 90 centimeters (26.8 to 35.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 fine to coarse continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P05237
    2C1—90 to 105 centimeters (35.4 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P05238
    2C2—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 fine continuous tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P05239
    2R—120 centimeters (47.2 inches); fragments.