IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Puhi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963HI007001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963HI007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963HI007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42873
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 22.0205555
  • Std. Longitude: -159.3855896
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii; Kapaa Quadrangle
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI007—Kauai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI960—Island of Kauai, Hawaii
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: THI0059—Kapaa, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, sesquic, isohyperthermic Kandiudalfic Eutrudox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Puhi
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PUHI
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1963 (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

    DIER

    PECL2

    RHODO2

    SYCU

    Digitaria eriantha

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    Rhodomyrtus

    Syzygium cumini

    digitgrass

    kikuyugrass

    rhodomyrtus

    Java plum

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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
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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42214. same color when rubbed; many gritty particles that are hard to break down; delayed effervescence with hydrogen peroxide, (11 to 14 inches thick).
    B21—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42215. nearly continuous shiny glaze on peds patchy clay film-like coatings on some peds, (7 to 11 inches thick).
    B22—53 to 83 centimeters (20.9 to 32.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42216. nearly continuous shiny glaze on peds; common black specks; patchy clay film-like coatings on some peds; stringy coatings of stronger chroma, (10 to 14 inches thick).
    B23—83 to 103 centimeters (32.7 to 40.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 medium pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42217. continuous shiny glaze on peds; patchy clay film-like coatings on peds; many shiny particles, many very fine black specks, (6 to 9 inches thick).
    B24—103 to 150 centimeters (40.6 to 59.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/),, dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A42218. sticky and plastic; continuous shiny glaze on peds; many very fine black specks and shiny particles.