IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waikui
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995HI001004
  • User Pedon ID: 95HI001004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995HI001004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0374
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67392
  • 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: 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 mile; pit is located about 50 meters upslope.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 159—Humid and Very Humid Low and Intermediate Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick, R. Gavenda, and J. Hsieh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplotorrands
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waikui
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holikau
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, halloysitic, hyperthermic Andic H
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/1995
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: knoll
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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 brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02918
    Bw1/2C2—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02919
    Bw2/2C3—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02920
    2C4/Bk1—37 to 62 centimeters (14.6 to 24.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02921
    2C5/Bk2—62 to 95 centimeters (24.4 to 37.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P02922
    2C6/Bk3—95 to 120 centimeters (37.4 to 47.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 95P02923