IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kulalio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997HI001009
  • User Pedon ID: 97HI001009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997HI001009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10406
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 19.4746952
  • Std. Longitude: -155.3591461
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 160—Subhumid and Humid Intermediate and High Mountain Slopes
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0081—Kilauea Crater, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic, isomesic Eutric Pachic Fulvudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kulalio
  • PSC - 0 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kulalio
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal, mixed, isomesic Typic Haplustand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lava plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered aa lava
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7-158
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACKO

    STTA

    Acacia koa

    Styphelia tameiameiae

    koa

    pukiawe

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    0—41

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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

    10

    46

    40

    1628

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    140

    127

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    13

    16

    10

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    45.1

    Mauna Loa (5500)

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, black (7.5YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter aa lava fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00870. color 7.5YR 2.5/1 Ph 5.2
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches);, black (5YR 2/1), moist; gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00871. color 5YR 2.5/1 pH 5.4
    Bw1/2C1—18 to 27 centimeters (7.1 to 10.6 inches);, black (5YR 2/1) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly loam, very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 3.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter aa lava fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00872. color 5YR 2.5/1 pH 5.4; rupture resistance is soft, very friable, weakly smeary, slightly sticky and slightly plastic, abrupt broken boundary
    Bw2/2C2—27 to 41 centimeters (10.6 to 16.1 inches);, black (5YR 2/1), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter aa lava fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 98P00873. color 5YR 2.5/2 pH 5.6 15 percent of horizon 2.5YR 2.5/1
    2C3/Bw3—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter aa lava fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00874. pH 6.4
    2C4—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches);, 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 10 percent black (N 2/0), moist; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter aa lava fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter aa lava fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00875. pH 6.4