IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Molokai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42853
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 21.1715755
  • Std. Longitude: -157.1080780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Molokai, Maui County, Hawaii; 5.1 km (3.2 miles) west of Hoolehua Post Office on Highway 400 (Farrington Avenue), then south about 120 meters (135 yards) with sample pit about 9 meters (30 feet) west of field road in pineapple field.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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: lower slopes of Maunaloa mountain slope
  • 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
    • 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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    135

    —

    180

    500

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    —

    22.8

    25

    21.7

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/3), dusky red (10R 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42083; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42084; observed in pit, small
    B21—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 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; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses and 10 percent fine manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42085; observed in pit, small
    B22—50 to 88 centimeters (19.7 to 34.6 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; 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; 10 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 30 percent fine black (N 2/0) manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42086; observed in pit, small
    B23—88 to 123 centimeters (34.6 to 48.4 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; manganese coatings; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42087; observed in pit, small
    B24—123 to 170 centimeters (48.4 to 66.9 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent fine manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42088; observed in pit, small
    B25—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A42089; observed in pit, small