IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paaloa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958HI003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5620
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42863
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 21.5129604
  • Std. Longitude: -157.9913940
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii; .81 km (1/2 mile) northwest of Wahiawa, turn northeast from Highway 80 on to Highway 804 leading to Wahiawa Naval Radio Station. Sample pit is located in Naval Reservation about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) east of main gate, 60 meters (200 feet) south on road to Poamoho Tunnel.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, ferruginous, isothermic Typic Kandiudox
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paaloa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PAALOA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1958 (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

    ACHY

    ACKO

    ALPR

    ANVI2

    PACO14

    SAIN

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Acacia koa

    Albizia procera

    Andropogon virginicus

    Paspalum conjugatum

    Sacciolepis indica

    Indian ricegrass

    koa

    tall albizia

    broomsedge bluestem

    hilograss

    glenwoodgrass

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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

    2

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    354

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    225

    2125

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    21.1

    22.8

    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) silty clay; strong medium granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; ; 3 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments; very slight effervescence; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42153; observed in pit, small
    B21—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42154; observed in pit, small
    B22—53 to 95 centimeters (20.9 to 37.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent dusky red (10R 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent dusky red (10R 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42155; observed in pit, small
    B3—95 to 155 centimeters (37.4 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent dusky red (10R 3/3), moist, and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent dusky red (10R 3/3), moist, and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42156; observed in pit, small
    C—155 to 165 centimeters (61.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) boulders; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A42157; observed in pit, small
    R—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.