IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waimea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42819
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 20.0518932
  • Std. Longitude: -155.7422791
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 10.8 km (6.8 miles) northwest of Kamuela Post Office on Highway 250. Pit located about 45 meters (50 yards) northeast of Kohala-Waimea Road on Parker Ranch.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Ikeda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, isothermic Humic Haplustands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waimea
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waimea
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • 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
    • 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

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    981

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    762

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    15.6

    16.7

    13.9

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41851
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41852
    A13—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41853
    B21—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41854
    B22—58 to 88 centimeters (22.8 to 34.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41855
    B23—88 to 118 centimeters (34.6 to 46.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41856