IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kekake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997HI001011
  • User Pedon ID: 97HI001011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997HI001011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10408
  • 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: 19.4024715
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8144379
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Kealia Ranch, 0.1 miles from the first left gate at Big Hill Camp. 20 feet south from fenceline and 50 feet mauka of 4WD road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 161—Lava Flows and Rock Outcrops
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0066—Kaunene, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, isomesic Lithic Ustifolists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kekake
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kekake
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, isothermic Lithic Tropofolist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: lava plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: pahoehoe lava
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    PECL2

    PTERI

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    Pteridium

    kikuyugrass

    brackenfern

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

    sapric soil materials

    lithic contact

    0—13

    13—0

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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

    14

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    1417

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    258

    90

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    13

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    14

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    Oa—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) gravelly muck; strong fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00881. ( 2 to 8 inches)
    2R—13 centimeters (5.1 inches); fragments. Hard pahoehoe lava.