IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hapuna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: 95HI001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995HI001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67391
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 19.9531937
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8088837
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Nansay-Hawaii property upslope of Puako, South Kohala, Hawaii. Enter property 0.1 miles north of mile marker 72 on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway #19; after short (about 10 meters) paved section follow dirt road 1.65 miles upslope to junction with dirt road heading north; follow north trending road 1.0 miles; pit is located about 50 meters upslope.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 157—Arid and Semiarid Low Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick and R. Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic, isohyperthermic Petrocalcic Duritorrands
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hapuna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hapuna
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, hyperthermic Lithic Calcitorrand
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: knoll
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/1995 (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

    PRPA4

    Prosopis pallida

    kiawe

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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

    2

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    165

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    280

    200

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    A/2C1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02911. 5 to 7 cm thick.
    Bw1/2C2—6 to 17 centimeters (2.4 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; very cobbly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02912. 9 to 13 cm thick.
    Bw2/2C3—17 to 30 centimeters (6.7 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; very cobbly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02913. 11 to 15 cm thick.
    Bkm/2C4—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; massive; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P02914. 13 to 25 cm thick.
    Bk1/2C5—43 to 65 centimeters (16.9 to 25.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very cobbly sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P02915. 22 to 34 cm thick.
    Bk2/2C6—65 to 120 centimeters (25.6 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02916. 20 to 55 cm thick.
    2C7—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very cobbly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 95P02917