IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KAHUA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: 98HI001003
  • User Site Association ID: 8855
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10538
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 20.0534725
  • Std. Longitude: -155.6867523
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KAHUA
  • Taxonomic Class - Hydrous, ferrihydritic Hydric Placudands
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • 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

    3

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    1200

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    90

    2500

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    16

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01554
    Bg—9 to 24 centimeters (3.5 to 9.4 inches); gray (7.5YR 5/1) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct reddish black (10R 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, black stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01555. Non-smeary.
    Bsm—24 to 30 centimeters (9.4 to 11.8 inches); 80 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) and 10 percent reddish black (10R 2/1) and 10 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy clay loam; massive; extremely firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01556. Slightly smeary.
    Bs1—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); 33 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) and 33 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 33 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01557. Slightly smeary.
    Bs2—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01558. Slightly smeary.
    2Bg1—55 to 62 centimeters (21.7 to 24.4 inches); 98 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01559. Non-smeary.
    2Bg2—62 to 70 centimeters (24.4 to 27.6 inches); 49 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 49 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01560. Non-smeary.
    2Cg—70 to 95 centimeters (27.6 to 37.4 inches); 49 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 49 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 98P01561. Non-smeary.