IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NAIWA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958HI009018
  • User Pedon ID: S1958HI009018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958HI009018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5590
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42833
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 20.9474106
  • Std. Longitude: -156.5166931
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii; 2.4 km (1.45 miles) north of Waihee School, west .32 km (0.2 mile), then left .43 km (0.3 mile) on trail up side of hill in kikuyu pasture adjacent to Waihee Gulch.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI980—Island of Maui, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NAIWA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dissected mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    ALOPE

    PECL2

    SYCU

    Alopecurus

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    Syzygium cumini

    foxtail

    kikuyugrass

    Java plum

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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

    8

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    112

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    90

    1625

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    21.1

    23.3

    20

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3), dusky red (10R 3/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41961
    A12—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4), dusky red (10R 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41962
    B1—28 to 35 centimeters (11.0 to 13.8 inches); dark red (10R 3/6), dark red (10R 3/6), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41963
    B2—35 to 65 centimeters (13.8 to 25.6 inches); red (10R 4/6), red (10R 4/6), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41964
    B3—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41965
    2C1—100 to 130 centimeters (39.4 to 51.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; 37 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41966
    2C2—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); bedrock; 0.1 roots in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41967