IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kealakekua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962HI001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962HI001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5586
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42829
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 19.4938717
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8878326
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii. On Sherwood Greenwell Ranch, approximately 5.6 km (3.5 miles) southwest of Konawaena School, Kealakekua, Hawaii.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii
  • MLRA: 159—Humid and Very Humid Low and Intermediate Mountain Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hydrous, ferrihydritic, isothermic Typic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kealakekua
  • PSC - 0 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KEALAKEKUA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: undulating mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (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

    CAREX

    CYATH

    ORAS

    PECL2

    Carex

    Cyathea

    Oryzopsis asperifolia

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    sedge

    treefern

    roughleaf ricegrass

    kikuyugrass

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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

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    650

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    3125

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41937
    Ap2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint and 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41938
    B21—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41939
    B22—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine and 3.0 coarse pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A41940
    B23—50 to 58 centimeters (19.7 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41941
    B24—58 to 90 centimeters (22.8 to 35.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; 50 percent by volume 50-?-130 millimeter aa lava fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A41942