IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAKAPILI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963HI007003
  • User Pedon ID: S1963HI007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963HI007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42879
  • Print Date: 11/14/2025

    • 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: 22.2107296
  • Std. Longitude: -159.4694214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii; 3.2 km (1.97 miles) east northeast of the mouth of the Hanalei River. On Princeville Ranch, go northeast 1.1 km (.7 mile) from highway down lane west of the ranch headquarters, then 90 meters (300 feet) west of the land and about 45 meters (150 feet) north of the fence.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI007—Kauai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: HI960—Island of Kauai, Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MAKAPILI
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: smooth upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1963 (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

    PECL2

    Pennisetum clandestinum

    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

    1

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    72

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    1880

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    22.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42248
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42249
    B21—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A42250
    B22—53 to 83 centimeters (20.9 to 32.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A42251
    B23—83 to 125 centimeters (32.7 to 49.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine gibbsite concretions; 5 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 25-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A42252
    B24—125 to 163 centimeters (49.2 to 64.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) rubbed silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine gibbsite concretions; 10 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 25-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume noncoherent cemented 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A42253