IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pooku
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962HI007005
  • User Pedon ID: S1962HI007005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962HI007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32760
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 22.2060070
  • Std. Longitude: -159.4424896
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 meters (250 feet) south of highway at a point 1.7 km (1.1 miles) southwest of Bailey Bridge at Kalihiwai, approximately 6.4 km (4 miles) west of Kilauea. Approximately 22.5 km (14 miles) northwest of Lihue.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI007—Kauai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI960—Island of Kauai, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. M. Williams and D. E. Foote
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pooku
  • PSC - 48 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    DIER

    Digitaria eriantha

    digitgrass

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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

    1

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    98

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    225

    2159

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    22.8

    24.4

    20.6

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    AP1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent iron concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01718
    AP2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01719
    B21—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01720. continuous - phpvsfiid 198202; continuous - phpvsfiid 198202
    B22—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; pressure faces and 10 percent ; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01721. continuous - phpvsfiid 198203; patchy - phpvsfiid 198204; continuous - phpvsfiid 198203; patchy - phpvsfiid 198204
    C1—100 to 155 centimeters (39.4 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01722
    C2—155 to 230 centimeters (61.0 to 90.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01723