IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMALU
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998HI001002
  • User Pedon ID: 98HI001002
  • User Site Association ID: 8855
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0266
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10537
  • 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: 20.0538616
  • Std. Longitude: -155.6867218
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0055—Kamuela, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AMALU
  • Taxonomic Class - Hydrous, ferrihydritic Lithic Placudands
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1200

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    90

    2500

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    16

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    Oa—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) muck; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01549
    A—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01550
    Bg—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; distinct reddish black (10R 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01551. continuous - phpvsfiid 201775; continuous - phpvsfiid 201775
    2Cr1—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish gray (2.5YR 3/1) sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01552. Saprolite material.
    2Cr2—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01553. Saprolite material.
    2R—40 centimeters (15.7 inches); fragments.