IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holomua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962HI009051
  • User Pedon ID: S1962HI009051
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962HI009051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42801
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 21.1341667
  • Std. Longitude: -157.0502777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.2 km (3/4 mile) southeast of Holomua School in abandoned California Packing Corporation's pineapple land. From gate just west (makai) of Homelani Cemetery, proceed .32 km (0.2 mile) north on road in pasture; turn right and proceed .64 km (0.4 mile); turn left and proceed .16 km (0.1 mile) along fence. The site is 30 meters (100 feet) north of the fence.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI009—Maui
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI980—Island of Maui, Hawaii
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Eutrotorrox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holomua
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holomua
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHVI4

    PRPA4

    WAIN

    Chloris virgata

    Prosopis pallida

    Waltheria indica

    feather fingergrass

    kiawe

    uhaloa

    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

    155

    432

    23.3

    25

    21.7

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41738
    Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41739
    B21—23 to 50 centimeters (9.1 to 19.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41740
    B22—50 to 65 centimeters (19.7 to 25.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41741
    B23—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 21 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41742
    2B24b—95 to 110 centimeters (37.4 to 43.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41743
    2B25b—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41744
    2B26b—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A41745