IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Auwaiakeakua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995HI001005
  • User Pedon ID: 95HI001005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995HI001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0375
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67393
  • 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: 19.9559727
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8086090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Nansay-Hawaii property upslope of Puako, South Kohala, Hawaii. Enter property 0.1 mile north of mile marker 72 on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway #19; after short (about 30 feet) paved section follow dirt road 1.65 miles upslope to junction with dirt road heading north; follow north trending road 1.4 miles. Pit is located about 12 feet upslope on east side of road, across from the upper of two very flat stepped surfaces that are bordered on the north by a 25 foot high slope.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 157—Arid and Semiarid Low Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Oliver Chadwick and Robert Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplotorrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Auwaiakeakua
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Auwaiakeakua
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, hyperthermic Typic Haplotorrand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/14/1995 (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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    183

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    280

    200

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    2C1/A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; extremely stony silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02924
    2C2/Bw1—11 to 34 centimeters (4.3 to 13.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; extremely stony silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02925
    2C3/Bw2—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; extremely stony silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P02926
    2C4/Bw3—60 to 105 centimeters (23.6 to 41.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; extremely stony silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonsmeary; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P02927
    Rk—105 centimeters (41.3 inches); fragments.