IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alaeloa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005HI004002
  • User Pedon ID: S05HI009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005HI004002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0496
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17533
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 20.9431000
  • Std. Longitude: -156.6408691
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Smith, Mauricio Avila, Milton Martinez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, oxidic, isohyperthermic Orthoxic Tropohumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alaeloa
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, oxidic, isohyperthermic Orthoxic Tropohumults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/21/2005
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: basic volcanic ash over highly weathered `a`a
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/21/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 93
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACKO

    PIPA2

    Acacia koa

    Pinus palustris

    koa

    longleaf pine

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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

    20

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    439

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    315

    1270

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    20.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; extremely acid, pH 3.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02925; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02926; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 very coarse tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02927; observed in pit, small
    2B/Ct—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; extremely acid, pH 4.1. Lab sample # 05N02928; observed in pit, small