IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waimea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Kemole Gulch SCAN Site #2103
  • User Pedon ID: S05HI001008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: Kemole Gulch SCAN Site #2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0580
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17588
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 19.9147034
  • Std. Longitude: -155.5910645
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: near Kemole Gulch
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waimea
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2005 (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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    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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    349

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    2103

    Kemole Gulch

    SCAN
    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) medial very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03373; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—14 to 40 centimeters (5.5 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) medial very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03374; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—40 to 69 centimeters (15.7 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medial very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N03375; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medial very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03376; observed in pit, small
    2C/Bw4—109 to 110 centimeters (42.9 to 43.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) extremely cobbly medial very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments.; observed in pit, small