IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WAHIAWA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961HI003007
  • User Pedon ID: S1961HI003007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5641
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42884
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 21.5090733
  • Std. Longitude: -158.0322266
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Dole Corporation field No. 4101-02, plot No. B-30, about 300 meters (1,000 feet) east of the main road.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI003—Honolulu

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WAHIAWA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1961 (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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    150

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    270

    1000

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    21.7

    22.8

    20.6

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42276
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42277
    B21—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 fine and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42278
    B22—40 to 83 centimeters (15.7 to 32.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; pressure faces and 75 percent distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42279. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205898; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205898
    B23—83 to 113 centimeters (32.7 to 44.5 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; pressure faces and 75 percent distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42280. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205899; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205899
    B24—113 to 150 centimeters (44.5 to 59.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films and pressure faces and 10 percent black (N 2/0) organic stains and 75 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # 40A42281. patchy - phpvsfiid 205900; continuous - phpvsfiid 205901; patchy - phpvsfiid 205900; continuous - phpvsfiid 205901