IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMALU
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998HI001004
  • User Pedon ID: 98HI001004
  • User Site Association ID: 8855
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10539
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 20.0488358
  • Std. Longitude: -155.6808929
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AMALU
  • Taxonomic Class - Hydrous, ferrihydritic Lithic Placudands
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/1998
  • 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: 1/13/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    37

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    1200

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    90

    2500

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    16

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) cobbly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01562
    Bg—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) cobbly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01563
    2Bs1—20 to 27 centimeters (7.9 to 10.6 inches); 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 50 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very cobbly loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01564. Discontinuous 10% plastic at top of horizon 5mm thick.
    2Bs2—27 to 50 centimeters (10.6 to 19.7 inches); 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) very cobbly sandy loam; massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 98P01565