IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kohala
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965HI001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1965HI001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965HI001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42835
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 20.2416668
  • Std. Longitude: -155.8305511
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pit located about 300 meters (1,000 feet) N. of Hawi Town in field Alaalae 4, Kohala Sugar Company.
  • State: Hawaii
  • County: HI001—Hawaii

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Sato and L. D. Giese
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kohala
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1965 (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

    SACCH

    Saccharum

    sugarcane

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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

    2

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    168

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    0

    1270

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    22.8

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41974
    Ap2—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41975
    B21—35 to 68 centimeters (13.8 to 26.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 10 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41976
    B22—68 to 98 centimeters (26.8 to 38.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41977. patchy - phpvsfiid 190653; patchy - phpvsfiid 190653
    C1—98 to 113 centimeters (38.6 to 44.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; fragments; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41978
    C2—113 to 133 centimeters (44.5 to 52.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; fragments; noneffervescent, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A41979