IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hilo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958HI001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42826
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 19.7713432
  • Std. Longitude: -155.0959015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 4.9 km (3.1 miles) north of Hilo, Hawaii. Sample site is located 30 meters (100 feet) north of gravel road from a point that is .3 km (0.2 mile) west of Highway 19. Junction with Highway 19 is 4.8 km (2.95 miles) from the Wailoa Bridge at Hilo city limits.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Ikeda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hydrous, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Acrudoxic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • PSC - 0 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/23/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SACCH

    Saccharum

    sugarcane

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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

    5

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    91

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    90

    4699

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    22.2

    23.9

    20

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    Ap—0 to 34 centimeters (0.0 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A41906
    B21—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41907. continuous - phpvsfiid 190696; continuous - phpvsfiid 190696
    B22—48 to 50 centimeters (18.9 to 19.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41908
    B23—50 to 58 centimeters (19.7 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41909
    B24—58 to 80 centimeters (22.8 to 31.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41910
    B25—80 to 85 centimeters (31.5 to 33.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41911
    B26—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A41912
    B27—100 to 108 centimeters (39.4 to 42.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A41913
    B28—108 to 133 centimeters (42.5 to 52.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium tubular pores; coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41914
    B29—133 to 153 centimeters (52.4 to 60.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41915
    B210—153 to 158 centimeters (60.2 to 62.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41916
    B211—158 to 180 centimeters (62.2 to 70.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41917