IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KULA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998HI009001
  • User Pedon ID: 98HI009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998HI009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10534
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 20.7666664
  • Std. Longitude: -156.3000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.8 miles above Crater Roa and Haleakala xing.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI980—Island of Maui, Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0082—Kilohana, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. Chadwick
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KULA
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Pachic Haplustands
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/1998 (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

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    kikuyugrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    0—130

    0—130

    62—130

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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

    8

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    1147

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    875

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    16

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    Ap1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1), black (5YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01524
    Ap2—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1), black (5YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01525
    AB—15 to 62 centimeters (5.9 to 24.4 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01526
    Bw1—62 to 98 centimeters (24.4 to 38.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01527. patchy - phpvsfiid 201773; patchy - phpvsfiid 201773
    Bw2—98 to 130 centimeters (38.6 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 98P01528. patchy - phpvsfiid 201774; patchy - phpvsfiid 201774