IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mawae
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97HI001001
  • User Pedon ID: 97HI001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 19.7145538
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9407804
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In Kaloko mauka, the first road after Makahi St. 25 feet mauka of roadcut on the east side of road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Kolman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic Typic Tropofolists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mawae
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mawae
  • Classificaton Date - 2/18/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lava plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: aa lava with 45 to <100
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8-63
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    lithic contact

    0—25

    0—74

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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

    12

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    —

    1128

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    212

    1016

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    12.2

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    14.4

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    Oa1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1); strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    Oa2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); strong very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2C—25 to 74 centimeters (9.8 to 29.1 inches); 4.0 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. A'a lava clinkers.
    2R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments. Dense blue rock with class 3 (0.45-1.0m) joint fractures.