IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lihue
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962HI007008
  • User Pedon ID: S1962HI007008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5640
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42883
  • Print Date: 11/12/2025

    • 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: 21.9696274
  • Std. Longitude: -159.3730469
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Field 2-A, Grove Farm, 66 meters (220 feet) south of Highway 501 at a point .97 km (.6 mile) east at junction of Highway 501 with Haleko and Weke Roads.
  • 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lihue
  • 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:
  • 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

    3

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    244

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    90

    1143

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    22.8

    25.6

    22.2

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    Ap1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) silty clay; cloddy parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 21 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42271
    B21—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; on faces of peds; 21 percent dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42272. patchy - phpvsfiid 190636; patchy - phpvsfiid 190636
    B22—53 to 95 centimeters (20.9 to 37.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong very fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; on faces of peds; 3 percent dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42273. continuous - phpvsfiid 190637; continuous - phpvsfiid 190637
    B23—95 to 145 centimeters (37.4 to 57.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42274. continuous - phpvsfiid 190638; continuous - phpvsfiid 190638
    B24—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 75 percent pressure faces; fragments. Lab sample # 40A42275