IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Honuaulu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI001006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958HI001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42815
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 19.5169258
  • Std. Longitude: -155.9186707
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.6 km (1 mile) southwest of Kealakekua. Sample site located .35 km (1/4 mile) west of Konawaena School on Horseshow One Ranch.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Ikeda
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Honuaulu
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    MIMOS

    PACO14

    Mimosa

    Paspalum conjugatum

    sensitive plant

    hilograss

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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

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    512

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    1905

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    18.9

    17.8

    20

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; nonsmeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41828
    B21—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41829
    B22—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse, and very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41830. patchy - phpvsfiid 190701; patchy - phpvsfiid 190701
    B23b—65 to 73 centimeters (25.6 to 28.7 inches); black (5YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse, and very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41831
    B24b—73 to 93 centimeters (28.7 to 36.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41832