IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molokai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958HI009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42852
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 21.1737976
  • Std. Longitude: -157.0850220
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Molokai, Maui County, Hawaii; 2.5 km (1.6 miles) west of Hoolehua Post Office on Highway 480 (Farrington Avenue), then turn north .81 km (0.5 mile) on field road, then turn west .2 km (0.15 mile) along dirt field road adjacent to pineapple field, then turn north .81 km (0.5 mile) along field road. Sample site is 15 meters (50 feet) west of road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI980—Island of Maui, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, parasesquic, isohyperthermic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Molokai
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KEAHUA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: low hillslope
  • 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

    AGGI2

    Agrostis gigantea

    redtop

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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

    6

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    127

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    270

    250

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    22.8

    25

    21.7

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/2), dusky red (10R 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42076
    Ap2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42077
    B21—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); weak red (10R 4/4), dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 3 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42078
    B22—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses and 1 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42079
    B23—80 to 133 centimeters (31.5 to 52.4 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent black (N 2/0) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42080
    B24—133 to 160 centimeters (52.4 to 63.0 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent black (N 2/0) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42081
    B25—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A42082